Inertia-gravity waves generated within a dipole vortex

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4417-4431

  Snyder, Chris ^a   Muraki, David J ^b   Plougonven, Riwal ^c   Zhang, Fuqing ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY;

INERTIA-GRAVITY WAVES; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; VORTEX DIPOLES;

GRAVITY WAVES;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY;

CORIOLIS FORCE; GRAVITY WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STRATIFIED FLUID;

EID: 36549079278     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2351.1     Document Type: Article

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