A note on the application of linear wave theory at a critical level

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 399-416

  Dörnbrack, Andreas ^a   Nappo, Carmen J ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical Level; Linear Wave Theory; Numerical Simulations; Stratified flows

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL LEVEL; LINEAR WAVE; STRATIFIED FLOW;

EID: 0031460918     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000270821161     Document Type: Article

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