Decoupling of balanced and unbalanced motions and inertia-gravity wave emissions: Small versus large rossby numbers

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3528-3542

  Zeitlin, Vladimir ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES;

CONTINUOUSLY STRATIFIED; GEOSTROPHIC ADJUSTMENT; INERTIA GRAVITY WAVES; LOCALIZED PERTURBATION; NEW RESULTS; ROSSBY NUMBERS; SYMMETRIC INSTABILITIES;

STABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GRAVITY WAVE; ROSSBY NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 58049102865     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2481.1     Document Type: Review

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