A balanced approximation of the one-layer shallow-water equations on a sphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1735-1748

  Verkley, W T M ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC; CORIOLIS PARAMETER; MERIDIONAL WAVELENGTH; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; VORTICITY EQUATION;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

VORTICITY;

BAROTROPIC WAVE; CORIOLIS FORCE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 67651072123     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2837.1     Document Type: Article

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