Simulation of inertia-gravity waves in a poleward-breaking Rossby wave

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3253-3276

  Zülicke, Christoph ^a   Peters, Dieter ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

INERTIA-GRAVITY WAVES; POLAR VORTEX; ROSSBY WAVES;

GRAVITY WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BREAKING WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; JET STREAM; ROSSBY WAVE; SIMULATION; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 33846179664     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3805.1     Document Type: Article

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