Gravity wave generation by a three-dimensional thermal forcing

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1805-1815

  Beres, Jadwiga H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; FORCED CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; WIND;

SQUIRE TRANSFORMATION; THERMAL FORCING;

GRAVITATION;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CONVECTION; GRAVITY WAVE; THERMAL REGIME; WAVE GENERATION;

EID: 4344589000     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1805:GWGBAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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