Circulation sensitivity to heating in a simple model of baroclinic turbulence

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1543-1558

  Zurita Gotor, Pablo ^a   Vallis, Geoffrey K ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroclinic models; Heating; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC; BAROCLINIC MODELS; DIFFERENTIAL HEATING; ENERGY CYCLE; HEAT TRANSPORT; HEATING MODELS; ISENTROPIC; MODEL FORMULATION; MOIST MODEL; NEWTONIANS; PREDICTIVE POWER; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC LIMIT; SIMPLE MODEL; TURBULENT CLOSURES; TWO-LEVEL MODELS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VELOCITY SCALE;

COASTAL ZONES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINCH EFFECT; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE;

HEATING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; HEAT TRANSFER; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 77955588497     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3314.1     Document Type: Article

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