Nonlinear interactions between gravity waves with different wavelengths and diurnal tide

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Liu, Xiao ^a,b   Xu, Jiyao ^a   Liu, Han Li ^c   Ma, Ruiping ^a  

^a CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^b HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GRAVITY WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVELENGTH; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; GRAVITY WAVE; NUMERICAL METHOD; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE DIRECTION; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVELENGTH; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 45549086197     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009136     Document Type: Article

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