Toward a unified theory of gravity wave stability

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 2655-2680

  Sonmor, L J ^a,b   Klaassen, G P ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVE; STABILITY;

GRAVITY WAVE;

EID: 0031395075     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<2655:TAUTOG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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