Gravity wave breaking over the Central Alps: Role of complex terrain

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 2249-2266

  Jiang, Qingfang ^a   Doyle, James D ^b  

^a University Corporation for Atmospheric Research   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HYDRAULICS; KINETIC ENERGY; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOSONDES; TURBULENCE; WIND;

AIRBORNE LIDARS; DROPSONDES; INTENSIVE OBSERVATIONAL PERIODS (IOP); WINDSTORMS;

GRAVITY WAVES;

AIRBORNE SENSING; AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; TURBULENT FLOW; WAVE BREAKING;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 5444271637     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<2249:GWBOTC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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