Testing theories of atmospheric gravity wave saturation and dissipation

Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1575-1589

  Gardner, Chester S ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GRAVITY WAVE; TEMPORAL FREQUENCY; WAVE SATURATION;

EID: 0030425352     PISSN: 00219169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9169(96)00027-X     Document Type: Article

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