Wave response during hydrostatic and geostrophic adjustment. Part I: Transient dynamics

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1311-1329

  Chagnon, Jeffrey M ^a   Bannon, Peter R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUOYANCY; GREEN'S FUNCTION; LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THUNDERSTORMS;

GEOSTROPHIC IMBALANCE; HYDROSTATICS; LOWER BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NONHYDROSTATIC BUOYANCY;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE;

EID: 20444485646     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3283.1     Document Type: Article

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