Shear instability of internal inertia-gravity waves

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1628-1641

  Dunkerton, Timothy J ^a  

^a NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVE; INSTABILITY; SHEAR FLOW; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE; INERTIA-GRAVITY WAVES; INTERNAL INERTIA GRAVITY WAVE; INTERNAL WAVE; INTERNAL WAVES; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; LARGE SCALE; SHEAR INSTABILITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0031435293     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<1628:SIOIIG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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