Instability of surface-temperature filaments in strain and shear

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 651, 2010, Pages 1506-1513

  Harvey, B J ^a   Ambaum, M H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Stability; Surface quasi geostrophic dynamics; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

FINITE TIME; NONLINEAR ROLL; PARAMETER VALUES; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC; SHEAR RATES; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE DISCONTINUITY; THRESHOLD AMPLITUDE;

ASTROPHYSICS; FILAMENTS (LAMP); SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEARING; STABILITY; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

STRAIN RATE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; STRAIN RATE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY;

EID: 77957105542     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.651     Document Type: Article

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