Sensitivity analysis of mountain waves using an adjoint model

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 607-620

  Doyle, James D ^a   Amerault, Clark ^b   Reynolds, Carolyn A ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; HYDROSTATICS; LEE WAVE; MOUNTAIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND FORCING;

EID: 39749119958     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2007/0236     Document Type: Article

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