Nonlinear behavior in the propagation of atmospheric gravity waves

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 3010-3027

  Franke, Patricia M ^a,c   Robinson, Walter A ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW INTERACTIONS; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES; WAVE MEAN FLOW INTERACTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

ATMOSPHERE; GRAVITY WAVE; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0033401796     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<3010:NBITPO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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