Modulation of internal gravity waves in a multiscale model for deep convection on mesoscales

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2504-2519

  Ruprecht, Daniel ^a   Klein, Rupert ^a   Majda, Andrew J ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Gravity waves; Interenal waves; Mesoscale processes; Moisture

Indexed keywords

AREA FRACTION; ASYMPTOTIC LIMITS; ASYMPTOTIC TECHNIQUE; BACKGROUND FLOW; BULK MICROPHYSICS; CLOSURE APPROXIMATION; CONSERVATION LAW; CONVECTION; COUPLED EVOLUTION; CRITICAL LAYER; DEEP CONVECTION; DISPERSION RELATIONS; DYNAMIC EQUATIONS; ENERGY TRANSPORT; GROUP VELOCITIES; HOT TOWERS; INTERENAL WAVES; INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES; LARGE-SCALE DYNAMICS; LARGE-SCALE FLOWS; MESO SCALE; MESOSCALE PROCESS; MICRO-SCALES; MOIST PROCESS; MOUNTAIN WAVE; MULTISCALE MODELS; MULTISCALES; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SCALE POTENTIAL; SOURCE TERMS; TIME-DEPENDENT; VERTICAL VELOCITY; WAVE NUMBERS;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOISTURE; TOWERS; WAVES;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; GRAVITY WAVE; INTERNAL WAVE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 77958546972     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3269.1     Document Type: Article

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