Excitation mechanism of mixed Rossby-gravity waves in the equatorial atmosphere: Role of the nonlinear interactions among equatorial waves

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1446-1462

  Raupp, Carlos F M ^a   Silva Dias, Pedro L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

ENERGY EXCHANGE; EQUATORIAL WAVES; NONLINEAR SHALLOW WATER; ROSSBY-GRAVITY WAVES;

GRAVITY WAVES;

GRAVITY WAVE; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ROSSBY WAVE;

EID: 20444495968     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3412.1     Document Type: Article

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