Generalization of the effect of vertical shear of mean zonal flow on tropical CISK-wave excitation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 2166-2185

  Shen, Weixing ^a   Geller, Marvin A ^a   Zhang, Minghua ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; GRAVITY WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CISK; GRAVITY WAVE; TROPICS; VERTICAL SHEAR; WAVE EXCITATION; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 0030407665     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<2166:GOTEOV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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