Wavelet analysis and the governing dynamics of a large-amplitude mesoscale gravity-wave event along the East Coast of the United States

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 127, Issue 577, 2001, Pages 2209-2245

  Zhang, Fuqing ^a,b   Davis, Christopher A ^a   Kaplan, Michael L ^b   Koch, Steven E ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geostrophic adjustment; Split front

Indexed keywords

BELT CONVEYORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JETS; TROPOSPHERE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

WAVELET ANALYSIS;

WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; FRONTOGENESIS; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035472293     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712757702     Document Type: Article

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