Observations and numerical simulations of inertia-gravity waves and shearing instabilities in the vicinity of a jet stream

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 2692-2706

  Lane, Todd P ^a   Doyle, James D ^b   Plougonven, Riwal ^a   Shapiro, Melvyn A ^c   Sharman, Robert D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATION; STREAM FLOW; TURBULENCE;

FRONTAL SYSTEM; GULFSTREAM-IV RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; INERTIA-GRAVITY WAVES; RICHARDSON NUMBERS;

JETS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; FRONTAL FEATURE; GRAVITY WAVE; INSTABILITY; JET STREAM; TURBULENCE; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 11144293604     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3305.1     Document Type: Article

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