Analysis of vertically propagating convectively coupled equatorial waves using observations and a non-hydrostatic Boussinesq model on the equatorial beta-plane

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 138, Issue 665, 2012, Pages 1004-1017

  Roundy, Paul E ^a   Janiga, Matthew A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Convectively coupled equatorial waves; Non traditional Coriolis terms; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

BASIC SOLUTIONS; BOUSSINESQ MODEL; BUOYANCY FREQUENCY; CORIOLIS TERMS; COUPLED WAVES; DISPERSION PARAMETERS; EQUATORIAL WAVES; EQUIVALENT DEPTH; HIGH FREQUENCY; KELVIN WAVES; MODEL SOLUTION; MODEL YIELDS; NONHYDROSTATIC MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL ANALYSIS; PLANE WAVE; RESTORING FORCES; SHALLOW-WATER MODELS; THEORETICAL STRUCTURE; WAVE NUMBERS;

BUOYANCY; HYDRAULICS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; CORIOLIS FORCE; EQUATORIAL WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862199935     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.983     Document Type: Article

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