Baroclinic instability of the silk road pattern induced by thermal damping

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2875-2893

  Chen, Guosen ^a,b   Huang, Ronghui ^a   Zhou, Liantong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Instability; Rossby waves; Stationary waves; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; DESTABILIZATION MECHANISMS; DYNAMICAL FEATURES; ROSSBY WAVE; STATIONARY WAVES; TELECONNECTIONS; THREE-LAYER MODELS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

MAINTENANCE; MECHANICAL WAVES; PLASMA STABILITY; ROADS AND STREETS;

SILK;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; DAMPING; EDDY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ROSSBY WAVE; STANDING WAVE; TELECONNECTION; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 84884965319     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0326.1     Document Type: Article

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