Two types of wave breaking in an aquaplanet GCM

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 842-857

  Lee, Sukyoung ^a,b   Feldstein, Steven ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC WAVES; CARRIER WAVELENGTH; ELIASSEN-PALM FLUX; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOWS; STORM TRACK; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; WAVEBREAKING;

FOURIER ANALYSIS; LIGHT REFRACTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SHEAR STRENGTH; WAVE PACKETS; WAVES;

SHEAR FLOW;

BAROCLINIC WAVE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 0030477655     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<0842:TTOWBI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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