Time scale and feedback of zonal-mean-flow variability

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 935-952

  Son, Seok Woo ^a,b   Lee, Sukyoung ^a   Feldstein, Steven B ^a   Ten Hoeve, John E ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; JETS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VORTICITY;

POLEWARD PROPAGATION; STATIONARY WAVE MOMENTUM FLUX; VORTICITY GRADIENT; ZONAL-MEAN-FLOW;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; JETS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VORTICITY;

EDDY; JET; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MOMENTUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STANDING WAVE; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 43149093582     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2380.1     Document Type: Article

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