A numerical study on amplitude characteristics of the terdiurnal tide excited by nonlinear interaction between the diurnal and semidiurnal tides

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 183-191

  Huang, Chun Ming ^a   Zhang, Shao Dong ^a   Yi, Fan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

General and miscellaneous; Middle atmosphere dynamics; Waves and tides

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DIURNAL VARIATION; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; WIND VELOCITY; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 34347403949     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353094     Document Type: Article

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