Effective isentropic diffusivity of tropospheric transport

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3499-3520

  Chen, Gang ^a   Plumb, Alan ^b  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroclinic flows; Eddies; Mixing; Transport; Turbulence; Wave breaking

Indexed keywords

MIXING; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE;

BAROCLINIC FLOWS; EDDIES; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; FINITE AMPLITUDE WAVES; SEMI-LAGRANGIAN ADVECTION SCHEMES; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; TRANSPORT; WAVEBREAKING;

DIFFUSION;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROCLINIC MOTION; DIABATIC PROCESS; EDDY; JET STREAM; TRACER; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 84906751205     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-0333.1     Document Type: Article

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