Nonlinear atmospheric adjustment to momentum forcing

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 953-969

  Edson, Adam R ^a   Bannon, Peter R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTICITY;

COMPRESSIBLE ATMOSPHERE; MOMENTUM FORCING; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CUMULUS; HYDROSTATICS; MOMENTUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 43149090556     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2278.1     Document Type: Article

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