Nonstationary trapped lee waves generated by the passage of an isolated jet

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3040-3059

  Hills, Matthew O G ^a   Durran, Dale R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D FLOW; BACKGROUND FLOW; BAROTROPIC JET; FINITE LENGTH; KEY FACTORS; LEE WAVES; MEAN FLOW; MOUNTAIN RIDGES; NONSTATIONARY; SPATIAL GRADIENTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE TRAIN; ZONAL FLOWS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

WATER WAVES;

BAROTROPIC MOTION; JET STREAM; LEE WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEAK FLOW; STRATOSPHERE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TRAPPED WAVE; UNSTEADY FLOW; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE GENERATION; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 84867944274     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-047.1     Document Type: Article

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