Spectral analysis of tropical atmospheric dynamical variables using a linear shallow-water modal decomposition

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2300-2316

  Gehne, Maria ^a   Kleeman, Richard ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraseasonal variability; Shallow water equations; Spectral analysis models distribution; Tropical variabilty; Tropics; Waves Atmospheric

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC; BASIS FUNCTIONS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; COUPLED WAVES; DYNAMICAL VARIABLES; EQUATORIAL WAVES; EXTRATROPICAL STORMS; FILTERING METHOD; GEOPOTENTIALS; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; LINEAR WAVES; MERIDIONAL WINDS; MODAL DECOMPOSITION; MODE DISPERSION; MODE NUMBER; REANALYSIS; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; SHALLOW-WATER; SHALLOW-WATER WAVES; SPECTRAL PEAK; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPICAL VARIABILTY; WAVES-ATMOSPHERIC; ZONAL WAVENUMBER;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 84864831409     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-10-05008.1     Document Type: Article

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