Gravity wave breaking in easterly flow over Greenland and associated low level barrier- and reverse tip-jets

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 191-197

  Ólafsson, Haraldur ^a,b,c   Ágústsson, Hálfdán ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^d Reiknistofa í veourfræoi Institute for Meteorological Research   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EASTERLY WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; JET FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; REAL TIME; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENT FLOW; WAVE BREAKING;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 67651098865     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-009-0024-9     Document Type: Article

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