Quasi-two-day wave in an unstable summer atmosphere-some numerical results on excitation and propagation

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1917-1929

  Merzlyakov, E G ^a   Jacobi, Ch ^b  

^a Institute of Experimental Meteorology Science and Production Association   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (middle atmosphere dynamics; waves and tides)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; INSTABILITY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 3242879175     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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