Observations, simulations, and analysis of nonstationary trapped lee waves

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1308-1333

  Ralph, F Martin ^a   Neiman, Paul J ^a   Keller, Teddie L ^b   Levinson, David ^c   Fedor, Len ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GRAVITY WAVES; OPTICAL RADAR; SATELLITES;

TRAPPED LEE WAVES;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE; LEE WAVE; MESOSCALE; MOUNTAIN WAVE; WAVE DRAG;

EID: 0031133930     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<1308:OSAAON>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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