Do orographic gravity waves break in flows with uniform wind direction turning with height?

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 557, 1999, Pages 1695-1714

  Broad, Adrian S ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical levels; Directional wind shear; Gravity wave breaking

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; WAVE BREAKING; WIND FIELD; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 0032719955     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55710     Document Type: Article

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