In 1939 Rossby published a theory of wave motion in the atmosphere which formed the basis of later work on this subject. One year later Haurwitz extended the theory to waves of finite lateral extent and to wave motion on a spherical earth. During the next ten years various investigators, including Rossby, developed the theory further, attempting to approximate more closely the baroclinic nature of the atmosphere. [...]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.112049 |
| Date | January 1959 |
| Creators | Page, D.E. |
| Contributors | Hare, F.K. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Meteorology.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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