The primary nonlinear dynamics of modal and nonmodal perturbations of monochromatic inertia-gravity waves

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-95

  Achatz, Ulrich ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; INERTIA-GRAVITY WAVE; NORMAL MODES; SINGULAR VECTORS;

GRAVITY WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; GRAVITY WAVE; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 33846486345     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3827.1     Document Type: Article

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