Rossby wave propagation on potential vorticity fronts with finite width

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 794, Issue , 2016, Pages 775-797

  Harvey, B J ^a,b   Methven, J ^b   Ambaum, M H P ^b  

^a National Centre for Atmospheric Science ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

contour dynamics; meteorology; waves in rotating fluids

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODELS; SPEED; VORTICITY; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONTOUR DYNAMICS; DISPERSION RELATIONS; HORIZONTAL GRADIENTS; INVERSION OPERATORS; NUMERICAL WEATHER FORECASTS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVES IN ROTATING FLUIDS;

MECHANICAL WAVES;

JET STREAM; METEOROLOGY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; ROTATING FLUID; WAVE PROPAGATION; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 84964050114     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2016.180     Document Type: Article

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