Boundary β-plumes and their vorticity budgets

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 142, Issue 700, 2016, Pages 2758-2767

  Haine, T W N ^a   Fuller, A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Munk model; Stommel model; vorticity dynamics; plume

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; DRAG;

ANALYTIC SOLUTION; COSINE OF THE ANGLES; HARMONIC OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; OSCILLATION WAVELENGTH; STOMMEL MODELS; VISCOUS DISSIPATION; VORTICITY DYNAMICS;

VORTICITY;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BOUNDARY LAYER; DISSIPATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL METHOD; OSCILLATION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; VORTICITY;

EID: 84988422497     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2866     Document Type: Article

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