Stratospheric inertia-gravity waves generated in a numerical model of frontogenesis. I: Model solutions

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 533, 1996, Pages 1153-1174

  Griffiths, Morwenna ^a,b   Reeder, Michael J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frontogenesis; Gravity wave drag; Inertia gravity waves; Jet streams; Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

FRONTOGENESIS; GRAVITY WAVE; JET STREAM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR FLOW; STRATOSPHERE; WIND FIELD;

EID: 0030437661     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53306     Document Type: Article

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