Persistent multiple jets and PV staircase

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2279-2295

  Yoo, Changhyun ^a   Lee, Sukyoung ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Jets; Potential vorticity; Quasigeostrophic models; Rossby waves; Vorticity

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC WAVES; COUNTERPROPAGATING ROSSBY WAVES; CRITICAL LATITUDE; EDDY FLUXES; GROUP VELOCITIES; LINEAR DAMPING; MIXING ZONES; MULTIPLE JETS; NON-LINEAR MODEL; NONLINEAR EVOLUTIONS; NORMAL MODES; PLANE CHANNELS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; ROSSBY WAVES; TWO LAYERS; UPPER LAYER;

OCEAN CURRENTS; STAIRS;

VORTICITY;

AMPLITUDE; BAROCLINIC WAVE; EDDY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; JET; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 77955582598     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3326.1     Document Type: Article

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