Baroclinic stationary waves in aquaplanet models

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1023-1040

  Zappa, Giuseppe ^a,b,c   Lucarini, Valerio ^c   Navarra, Antonio ^d  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmospheric; Baroclinic models; Boundary conditions; Instability; Jets; Kinetic energy; Waves

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DISPERSIONS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENERGY CONVERSION; GAS DYNAMICS; JETS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; PLASMA STABILITY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVES;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROCLINIC MODELS; DISPERSION RELATIONS; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INVERSE ENERGY CASCADES; LATITUDINAL STRUCTURES; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; UPPER-TROPOSPHERIC JET STREAM;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROCLINIC WAVE; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGETICS; GREEN FUNCTION; JET STREAM; KINETIC ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STANDING WAVE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE MODELING; WESTERLY; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 79958695276     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JAS3573.1     Document Type: Article

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