Complex wavenumber Rossby wave ray tracing

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2112-2133

  Shaman, Jeffrey ^a   Samelson, R M ^b   Tziperman, Eli ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric; Nonlinear dynamics; Rossby waves; Stationary waves; Teleconnections; Trajectories; Waves

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC FIELDS; BAROTROPIC; EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EXACT SOLUTION; PERTURBATION METHOD; ROSSBY WAVE; SOLID-BODY ROTATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STATIONARY WAVES; TELECONNECTIONS; VORTICITY EQUATION; WAVE NUMBERS;

ATMOSPHERICS; DYNAMICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TRAJECTORIES; TROPICS; WAVES;

RAY TRACING;

BAROTROPIC WAVE; NONLINEARITY; PERTURBATION; RAY TRACING; ROSSBY WAVE; STANDING WAVE; TELECONNECTION; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84864842733     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0193.1     Document Type: Article

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