The excitation of ducted modes by passing internal waves

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1486-1505

  Chimonas, George ^a   Hauser, Heather M ^a   Bennett, Richard D ^a   Georgia, ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; WAVES-INTERNAL;

ATMOSPHERIC WIND; DUCT; GRAVITY WAVE; WAVE;

EID: 0030449449     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.868925     Document Type: Article

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