Focusing of an inertia-gravity wave packet by a baroclinic shear flow

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 91-113

  Edwards, N R ^a,b   Staquet, Chantal ^a  

^a LEGI   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Baroclinic shear flow; Direct numerical simulations; Inertia gravity wave packet; Ray tracing

Indexed keywords

BAROMETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

BAROCLINIC SHEAR FLOW; IERTIA-GRAVITY WAVE PACKET; RAY EQUATIONS; ROTATING FLUIDS;

SHEAR FLOW;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; GRAVITY WAVE;

EID: 20444495390     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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