Poleward migration of eddy-driven jets

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1457-1471

  Chemke, R ^a   Kaspi, Y ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

eddy driven jets; multiple jets; rotation rate

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY; MOMENTUM; ROTATION;

BAROCLINIC ZONES; CORIOLIS PARAMETER; EDDY MOMENTUM FLUX; LINEAR RELATION; MIGRATION RATES; MULTIPLE JETS; ROTATION RATE; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

BAROCLINIC MODE; CORIOLIS FORCE; EDDY; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; JET; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; ROTATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 84945436677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015MS000481     Document Type: Article

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