Models of coastally trapped disturbances

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 3349-3365

  Skamarock, William C ^a   Rotunno, Richard ^a   Klemp, Joseph B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

COASTALLY TRAPPED DISTURBANCES (CTD); KELVIN WAVES; ROSSBY WAVES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

COASTAL ZONE; KELVIN WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE;

COASTAL ZONE; KELVIN WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033209582     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<3349:MOCTD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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