Some influences of background flow conditions on the generation of turbulence due to gravity wave breaking above deep convection

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2777-2796

  Lane, Todd P ^a   Sharman, Robert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIATION INDUSTRIES; BACKGROUND FLOWS; CLEAR AIRS; CRITICAL LEVELS; DEEP CONVECTIONS; DEEP MOIST CONVECTIONS; FLOW DEFORMATIONS; FORECASTING CAPABILITIES; GRAVITY-WAVE BREAKING; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; INTERFACIAL BOUNDARIES; LOCAL INSTABILITIES; SAFETY ISSUES; SHEAR CONDITIONS; STATIC STABILITIES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS; TURBULENCE GENERATIONS; WAVE-BREAKING; WIND SHEARS;

AVIATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; NATURAL CONVECTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SHEAR STRENGTH; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THUNDERSTORMS; WAVES;

TURBULENCE;

CLOUD COVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTION; FORMATION MECHANISM; GRAVITY WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; THUNDERSTORM; TURBULENCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE BREAKING; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 65349130707     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1787.1     Document Type: Article

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