Equatorward propagation of inertia-gravity waves due to steady and intermittent wave sources

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1410-1419

  Bühler, Oliver ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EXTRATROPICAL WAVE SOURCES;

GRAVITY WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CORIOLIS FORCE; GRAVITY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0037530324     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<1410:EPOIWD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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