Internal wave drag in stratified flow over mountains on a beta plane

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 630, 2008, Pages 11-19

  Teixeira, M A C ^a   Grisogono, Branko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Linear theory; Momentum flux; Rossby gravity waves; Steady state; Vertical propagation

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DRAG; GRAVITY WAVES; LANDFORMS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

INTERNAL WAVE; MOMENTUM FLUX; ROSSBY-GRAVITY WAVES; VERTICAL PROPAGATION;

METEOROLOGY;

BAROTROPIC WAVE; BETA-PLANE; CORIOLIS FORCE; DRAG COEFFICIENT; GRAVITY WAVE; INTERNAL WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; STRATIFIED FLOW; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 41949105035     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.188     Document Type: Article

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