Generation and trapping of gravity waves from convection with comparison to parameterization

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2963-2977

  Alexander, M Joan ^a   Richter, Jadwiga H ^b   Sutherland, Bruce R ^c  

^a NorthWest Research Associates ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFLECTION; TROPOSPHERE;

GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODELS; TROPOSPHERIC CONVECTION; WAVE GENERATION;

GRAVITY WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFLECTION; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GRAVITY WAVE; PARAMETERIZATION; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33845274926     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3792.1     Document Type: Article

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