Gravity wave propagation in a nonisothermal atmosphere with height varying background wind

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  Zhou, Qihou ^a   Morton, Yu T ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE VELOCITY; WIND;

GRAVITY WAVE PROPAGATION; TAYLOR-GOLDSTEIN EQUATION; WAVENUMBER;

GRAVITY WAVES;

AMPLITUDE; GRAVITY WAVE; ISOTHERM; PERTURBATION; PHASE VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND PROFILE; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 39049095682     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031061     Document Type: Article

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