Analysis of convectively-generated gravity waves in mesoscale model simulations and wind-profiler observations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 632, 2008, Pages 663-676

  Chagnon, Jeffrey M ^a   Gray, Suzanne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convection; Gravity waves; Mesoscale model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DOPPLER RADAR; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; NATURAL CONVECTION; RADAR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WAVES;

CONVECTION; DEEP CONVECTIONS; HIGH FREQUENCIES; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HORIZONTAL SCALES; LOWER STRATOSPHERES; MESOSCALE MODEL; MESOSCALE MODEL SIMULATIONS; MESOSCALE SIMULATIONS; SPECTRAL PEAKS; TEMPORAL SCALES; UNIFIED MODELS; VELOCITY PERTURBATIONS;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DOPPLER RADAR; GRAVITY WAVE; SIMULATION; TROPOPAUSE; WAVE GENERATION; WIND PROFILE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 55349091733     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.239     Document Type: Article

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