Resonant wave interactions in the presence of a diurnally varying heat source

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3165-3183

  Raupp, Carlos F M ^a   Silva Dias, Pedro L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MEMBER; ASYMPTOTIC METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROCLINIC; BAROTROPIC; DEEP CONVECTION; DIABATIC; DISPERSIVE MODES; DISPERSIVE WAVES; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENERGY CONSTRAINT; ENERGY EXCHANGES; EQUATORIAL WAVES; HEAT SOURCES; LOW FREQUENCY FLUCTUATIONS; MULTIPLE TIME SCALE; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; PERIOD DOUBLING; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; REDUCED EQUATIONS; RESONANT INTERACTION; RESONANT WAVES; ROSSBY-GRAVITY WAVE; SMALL AMPLITUDE; STATIONARY COMPONENTS; THERMAL FORCING; TIME-SCALES; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES; TROPICAL CONVECTION; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; CLIMATOLOGY; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; WAVES;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BAROCLINIC MODE; DIABATIC PROCESS; DIURNAL VARIATION; EQUATORIAL WAVE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GRAVITY WAVE; HEAT SOURCE; KELVIN WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE;

EID: 73549084979     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS2899.1     Document Type: Article

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