Unsteadiness and periodicity in gravity waves and lee waves forced by a fixed rigid boundary

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2269-2276

  Wurtele, M G ^a   Oatta A ^a,b   Sharman, R D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; FREQUENCIES; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESONANCE; SHEAR FLOW;

FIXER RIGID BOUNDARY; INVISCID STRATIFIED FLOW; LEE WAVES; MOMENTUM FLUX; OSCILLATORY MODES; PERIODICITY; RESONANCE MODES; SINUSOID; UNSTEADINESS;

GRAVITY WAVES;

AERODYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE; OSCILLATION; RESONANCE;

GRAVITY WAVE; LEE WAVE; PERIODICITY; RESONANCE;

EID: 0032803623     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<2269:UAPIGW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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