The role of moisture in the dynamics and energetics of turbulent baroclinic eddies

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1693-1710

  Lapeyre, G ^a   Held, I M ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOISTURE; SPECIFIC HEAT; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

BAROCLINIC EDDIES; LATENT HEAT;

EDDY CURRENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BAROCLINIC MOTION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 4344659572     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1693:TROMIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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