Mechanisms for spontaneous gravity wave generation within a dipole vortex

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3464-3478

  Snyder, Chris ^a   Plougonven, Riwal ^b   Muraki, David J ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; LINEAR EQUATIONS;

GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HOMOGENEOUS SOLUTIONS; INERTIA GRAVITY WAVES; LINEAR SOLUTION; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC; STRATIFIED FLUID; WAVE AMPLITUDES;

VORTEX FLOW;

AMPLITUDE; GRAVITY WAVE; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY; WAVE GENERATION;

EID: 73549088068     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3147.1     Document Type: Article

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