Reflection of planetary waves in three-dimensional tropospheric flows

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 652-670

  Magnusdottir, Gudrun ^a   Haynes, Peter H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; ENERGY ABSORPTION; LANDFORMS; REFLECTION; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BAROCLINIC FLOW; BAROTROPIC FLOW; OROGRAPHIC FORCING; PLANETARY WAVES; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0033076750     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<0652:ROPWIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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