Isentropic advection by gravity waves: Quasi-universal M-3 vertical wavenumber spectra near the onset of instability

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 201-204

  Eckermann, Stephen D ^a,b  

^a Computational Physics Inc ^*  (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; LINEAR SUPERPOSITIONS; NON-SINUSOIDAL; ONSET OF INSTABILITIES; SPECTRAL POWER; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; WAVE AMPLITUDES; WAVENUMBER SPECTRA;

GRAVITY WAVES;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE;

EID: 0033556673     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900283     Document Type: Article

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