The Matsuno-Gill model and equatorial superrotation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Showman, Adam P ^a,b   Polvani, Lorenzo M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SOURCES; EQUATORIAL SUPERROTATION; FORCING AMPLITUDES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GILL MODELS; HIGH LATITUDES; MOMENTUM EXCHANGE; MOMENTUM SOURCES; MOMENTUM TRANSPORTS; SHALLOW-WATER;

MOMENTUM;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEATING; LATITUDE; MOMENTUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROTATION; SHALLOW WATER;

EID: 77957552920     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044343     Document Type: Article

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