Observations of atmospheric solitary waves in the urban boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-108

  Rao, M P ^b   Castracane, Paolo ^a   Casadio, Stefano ^a   Fuá, Daniele ^c   Fiocco, Giorgio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gravity waves; Nonlinear waves; Sodar; Solitary waves; Solitons; Urban boundary layer

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DOPPLER RADAR; METEOROLOGY;

SODAR-DERIVED VERTICAL WIND VEOLICTY; SOLITARY WAVES; WAVE-ASSOCIATED DISTURBANCE;

ATMOSPHERICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; GRAVITY WAVE; SODAR; SOLITARY WAVE; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 1342331123     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BOUN.0000010998.10262.e2     Document Type: Article

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