Wave breaking and critical levels for propagating inertio-gravity waves in the lower stratosphere

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 128, Issue 580, 2002, Pages 713-732

  Moldovan, H ^a   Lott, F ^a   Teitelbaum, H ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Horizontal wind divergence; Wave polarization

Indexed keywords

MIXED CONVECTION; STORMS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WAVE EFFECTS;

INERTIO-GRAVITY WAVES;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

GRAVITY WAVE; MIXED LAYER; STRATOSPHERE; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0036128395     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/003590002321042162     Document Type: Article

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