Synoptic responses to mountain gravity waves encountering directional critical levels

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 828-848

  Martin, Armel ^a   Lott, François ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS; VORTICITY;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; LEE CYCLOGENESIS; MOUNTAIN GRAVITY WAVES; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASIGEOSTROPHIC APPROXIMATION;

GRAVITY WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS; VORTICITY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; GRAVITY WAVE; HEURISTICS; LEE CYCLOGENESIS; MOUNTAIN; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34147192204     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3873.1     Document Type: Article

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