Atmospheric solitary waves: Some applications to the morning glory of the Gulf of Carpentaria

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 321, Issue , 1996, Pages 137-155

  Forbes, Lawrence K ^a   Belward, Shaun R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EARTH ATMOSPHERE; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; PRESSURE; SPEED; THUNDERSTORMS; VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC SOLITARY WAVES; COMPRESSIBLE AIR; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; MORNING GLORY; SEA BREEZE;

SURFACE WAVES;

ATMOSPHERE; SOLITARY WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; MORNING GLORY; SOLITARY WAVE;

AUSTRALIA, GULF OF CARPENTARIA;

EID: 0030207769     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096007677     Document Type: Article

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