The reflection of a stationary gravity wave by a viscous boundary layer

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3363-3371

  Lott, François ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; GRAVITY WAVES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOUS FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

LEE WAVE; NEWTONIAN COOLING; RAYLEIGH FRICTION; RICHARDSON NUMBER;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; GRAVITY WAVES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOUS FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; GRAVITY WAVE; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STANDING WAVE; TRAPPED WAVE; VISCOSITY; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE REFLECTION;

EID: 34948872604     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS4020.1     Document Type: Article

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