The transient emission of propagating gravity waves by a stably stratified shear layer

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 542, 1997, Pages 1603-1619

  Lott, François ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Gravity waves; Shear layer; Singular vectors; Stochastic initial conditions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; GRAVITY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATMOSPHERE; GRAVITY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0031391295     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54207     Document Type: Article

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