Momentum flux by thermally induced internal gravity waves and its approximation for large-scale models

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 3299-3310

  Chun, Hye Yeong ^a   Baik, Jong Jin ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CLOUDS; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; THERMOANALYSIS; WIND;

FROUDE NUMBER; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SUBGRID-SCALE CONVECTION-INDUCED GRAVITY WAVE MOMENTUM FLUX;

GRAVITY WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; GRAVITY WAVE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER;

EID: 0001693646     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<3299:MFBTII>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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