Assessing wind profile effects on the global atmospheric torque

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 135, Issue 640, 2009, Pages 807-814

  Miranda, P M A ^a   Martins, J P A ^a   Teixeira, M A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Gravity wave drag; Wind shear

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM BUDGET; ANTARCTICA; DRAG ENHANCEMENT; GLOBAL IMPACTS; GRAVITY WAVE DRAG; LINEAR THEORY; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; NEW APPROACHES; REANALYSIS; SECOND ORDERS; SURFACE GRAVITY WAVES; WIND PROFILES; WIND SHEAR; WKB APPROXIMATIONS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; DRAG; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; SCHRODINGER EQUATION; WAVES;

WIND EFFECTS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DRAG; GRAVITY WAVE; LINEARITY; TORQUE; WIND PROFILE; WIND SHEAR;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 69549110595     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.393     Document Type: Article

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