Historical papers
in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Climate Dynamics

Taylor, G. I. (1915). I. Eddy motion in the atmosphere. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A, 215 (523-537), 1-26. pdf Taylor, G. I. (1924). Stability of a viscous liquid contained between two rotating cylinders. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A, 223 (605-615), 289-343. pdf
Jeffreys, H. (1933). The function of cyclones in the general circulation. Proc. Verbaux de l’Association de Meteorologie, Part II, 219-231. pdf
Rossby, C.-G. (1938). On the mutual adjustment of pressure and velocity distributions in certain simple current systems, II. J. Mar. Res., 1 (3), 239-263. pdf Ertel, H. and Rossby, C.-G. (1938). A new conservation-theorem of hydrodynamics. Geofisica Pura e Applicata., 14 (3-4), 189-193. pdf
Charney, J. G. (1947). On the dynamics of long waves in a baroclinic westerly current. J. Meteor., 4 (5) 135-162. pdf Charney, J. G. (1948). On the scales of atmospheric motion. Geofys. Publ., 17 (2) 3-17. pdf Charney, J. G. and Eliassen, A. (1949). A numerical method for predicting the perturbations of the middle latitude westerlies. Tellus, 1 (2) 38-54. pdf Charney, J. G. and Drazin, A. (1961). Propagation of planetary‐scale disturbances from the lower into the upper atmosphere. J. Geophys. Res., 66 (1) 83-109. pdf
Eady, E. T. (1949). Long waves and cyclone waves. Tellus, 1 (3) 33-52. pdf
Fjørtoft, R. (1953). On the changes in the spectral distribution of kinetic evergy for twodimensional, nondivergent flow. Tellus, 5, 120-140. pdf
Eliassen, A. and Palm, E. (1961). On the transfer of energy in stationary mountain waves. Geofys. Publ., XXII (3), 1-23. pdf
Lorenz, E. N. (1963). Deterministic nonperiodic flow. J. Atmos. Sci., 20 (2), 130-141. pdf Lorenz, E. N. (1967). The nature and theory of the general circulation of the atmosphere. World Meteorological Organization, No. 218, TP 115, 161 pp. pdf A collection of all work by Ed Lorenz is maintained by MIT.
Budyko, M. I. (1969). The effect of solar radiation variations on the climate of the Earth. Tellus., 21 (5), 611-619. pdf
Ellingsen, T. and Palm, E. (1975). Stability of linear flow. Phys. Fluids, 18 (4), 487-488. pdf
Howard, L. N. (1961). Note on a paper of John W. Miles. J. Fluid Mech., 10 (4), 509-512. pdf Howard, L. N. and P. G. Drazin (1964). On instability of parallel flow of inviscid fluid in a aotating system with variable Coriolis parameter. J. Math. Phys., 43 (1-4), 83-99. pdf Drazin, P. G. and L. N. Howard (1966). Hydrodynamic stability of parallel flow of inviscid fluid. In Advances in Applied Mechanics, 9, 1-89. pdf Howard, L. N. (1972). Bounds on flow quantities. Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech., 4 (1), 473-494. pdf

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