Gravity waves generated by sheared potential vorticity anomalies

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 157-170

  Lott, Francxois ^a   Plougonven, Riwal ^a   Vanneste, Jacques ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; VORTICITY;

CONTINUOUS SPECTRUM; ELIASSEN-PALM FLUX; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASIGEOSTROPHIC THEORY; STRATIFIED SHEAR FLOW; TWO DIMENSIONALITY; VERTICAL DISTANCES;

SHEAR FLOW;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GRAVITY WAVE; PARAMETERIZATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SHEAR FLOW; STRATOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 77953267862     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3134.1     Document Type: Article

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