Analysis of oscillations in the stable atmospheric boundary layer using wavelet methods

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 489-518

  Terradellas, E ^a   Soler, M Rosa ^b   Ferreres, E ^c   Bravo, M ^b  

^a Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Density current; Gravity wave; Turbulence; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; GRAVITY WAVES; KINETIC ENERGY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; DENSITY CURRENTS; INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES; PHASE DIFFERENCE;

OSCILLATIONS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; KINETIC ENERGY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 13644281090     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-004-1293-y     Document Type: Article

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