Inertia-gravity wave breaking in three dimensions. Part II: Convectively unstable waves

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2489-2501

  Lelong, M Pascale ^a   Dunkerton, Timothy J ^a  

^a NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE;

EID: 0032462220     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<2489:IGWBIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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