A general theorem on angular-momentum changes due to potential vorticity mixing and on potential-energy changes due to buoyancy mixing

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1261-1274

  Wood, Richard B ^a   Mcintyre, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC; BOUSSINESQ; CHANNEL DYNAMICS; LOWER BOUNDS; MULTIPLE LAYERS; NON-LINEAR STABILITIES; PARTIAL MIXING; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC; ROSSBY NUMBERS; SELF-SHARPENING; SENSE OF TIME; SHALLOW-WATER; SPATIALLY INHOMOGENEOUS; UNMIXING; UPPER BOUND;

BUOYANCY; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SPHERES; VORTICITY;

MIXING;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BUOYANCY; JET; MIXING; POTENTIAL ENERGY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ROSSBY NUMBER; SHALLOW WATER; SHEAR FLOW; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77953450695     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3293.1     Document Type: Article

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