The tropospheric jet response to prescribed zonal forcing in an idealized atmospheric model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2254-2271

  Chen, Gang ^a   Zurita Gotor, Pablo ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERICS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; JETS; PHOTORESISTS; SPEED; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TORQUE; TROPICS; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELLING; CLIMATE MODELLING; DRY ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; EASTWARD PROPAGATION; EQUATORWARD SHIFT; EXTRATROPICAL; GRAVITY-WAVE DRAG; JET RESPONSE; MID LATITUDES; PHASE SPEEDS; POLEWARD SHIFT; WAVE ACTIVITY; ZONAL WIND ANOMALIES; ZONAL WINDS;

TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; GRAVITY WAVE; JET; PARAMETERIZATION; TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 52049121305     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2589.1     Document Type: Article

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