A model study of the effects of winds on concentric rings of gravity waves from a convective plume near Fort Collins on 11 May 2004

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Vadas, Sharon L ^a   Yue, Jia ^b   She, Chiao Yao ^b   Stamus, Peter A ^a   Liu, Alan Z ^c  

^a CoRA Division North West Research Associates ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; WAVES;

CONCENTRIC RING PATTERNS; CONCENTRIC RINGS; CONVECTIVE PLUME; CRITICAL LEVEL; FORT COLLINS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MODEL RESULTS; MODEL STUDY; MODEL TEMPERATURES; OBSERVED DATA; PHASE SPEED; RAY TRACE; RIDGE FIELDS; STRONG WINDS; TEMPERATURE PERTURBATIONS; WAVE REFLECTIONS; WIND PROFILES; ZONAL WIND;

WIND;

AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; GRAVITY WAVE; PERTURBATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WAVE REFLECTION; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

COLORADO; FORT COLLINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66449123606     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010753     Document Type: Article

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