Generation of inertia-gravity waves by a time-dependent baroclinic wave in the laboratory

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 455-460

  Lovegrove, A F ^a,b   Read, P L ^a   Richards, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Smith System Engineering Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VISUALIZATION; GRAVITY WAVE; INERTIA; WAVE GENERATION;

BAROCLINIC WAVE; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE; INERTIA; ROTATING FLUID; WAVE GENERATION;

EID: 0032861008     PISSN: 14641909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1464-1909(99)00028-3     Document Type: Article

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