Critical levels and mixing layers induced by convectively generated gravity waves during CEPEX

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 557, 1999, Pages 1715-1734

  Teitelbaum, H ^a   Moustaoui, M ^b   Sadourny, R ^b   Lott, F ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Critical levels; Mixing layers; Tropical convection

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE; MIXING; THRESHOLD;

EID: 0032694915     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55711     Document Type: Article

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