Spontaneous imbalance and hybrid vortex-gravity structures

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1315-1326

  McIntyre, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INERTIA-GRAVITY WAVES; KEYPOINTS; RADIATION REACTIONS; ROSSBY NUMBERS; SHALLOW-WATER; SHALLOW-WATER DYNAMICS; SHALLOW-WATER MODELS; VORTICAL MOTION; WAVE CAPTURE; WAVEBREAKING;

GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; VORTEX FLOW; WAVES;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

GRAVITY WAVE; INERTIA; JET STREAM; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROSSBY NUMBER; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 69849091101     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2538.1     Document Type: Article

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