Advective mixing in a nondivergent barotropic hurricane model

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 475-497

  Rutherford, B ^a   Dangelmayr, G ^a   Persing, J ^a   Schubert, W H ^b   Montgomery, M T ^c  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BAROTROPIC WAVE; HURRICANE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MIXING; ROSSBY WAVE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 74949117066     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-475-2010     Document Type: Article

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