On non-dissipative wave-mean interactions in the atmosphere or oceans

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 354, Issue , 1998, Pages 301-343

  Bühler, Oliver ^a   McIntyre, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESONANCE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

FROUDE NUMBER; LAGRANGIAN MEAN THEORY; NON DISSIPATIVE WAVE MEAN INTERACTIONS; ROSSBY NUMBER; SLOW MODULATION APPROXIMATION; SMALL AMPLITUDE APPROXIMATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL STRATIFIED BOUSSINESQ MODEL;

FLOW INTERACTIONS;

ATMOSPHERE; GRAVITY WAVE; OCEAN; WAVE INTERACTION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; FLUID FLOW; GRAVITY WAVES; WAVE INTERACTIONS;

EID: 0031747562     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211209700774X     Document Type: Article

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