Scale analysis for large-scale tropical atmospheric dynamics

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 159-172

  Yano, Jun Ichi ^a,b   Bonazzola, Marine ^c  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC EXPANSIONS; DIABATIC HEATING; DYNAMIC REGIMES; EQUATORIAL WAVES; LARGE-SCALE DYNAMICS; LEADING ORDERS; MESO-SCALE; NONDIMENSIONAL; NONDIVERGENCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES; PRELIMINARY DATUM; SCALE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUATIONS; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; TWO REGIMES; VELOCITY SCALE; VERTICAL ADVECTIONS;

DYNAMICS; HEATING; STATISTICS; TROPICS;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DIABATIC PROCESS; EQUATORIAL WAVE; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 65549156625     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2687.1     Document Type: Article

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