Open AccessThe Contribution of Organized Roll Vortices to the Surface Wind Vector in Baroclinic Conditions
Author(s) -
R. C. Foster,
Gad Levy
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of the atmospheric sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.853
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1520-0469
pISSN - 0022-4928
DOI - 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<1466:tcoorv>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - baroclinity , thermal wind , advection , stratification (seeds) , geostrophic wind , boundary layer , atmospheric sciences , ekman layer , mechanics , geology , vortex , ekman transport , geophysics , meteorology , climatology , physics , wind speed , wind shear , thermodynamics , oceanography , seed dormancy , germination , botany , dormancy , biology , upwelling