Large-scale flow response to short gravity waves breaking in a rotating shear flow

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1691-1704

  Lott, François ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OSCILLATIONS; TORQUE;

INERTIA-GRAVITY WAVES (IGW);

SHEAR FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GRAVITY WAVE; ROTATING FLOW; SHEAR FLOW; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 0041624232     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<1691:LFRTSG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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