On shear-generated gravity waves that reach the mesosphere. Part II: Wave propagation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 3764-3773

  Bühler, Oliver ^a,b   McIntyre, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSPHERE; SHEAR; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0039183563     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<3764:OSGGWT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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