Drag produced by trapped lee waves and propagating mountain waves in a two-layer atmosphere

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 673, 2013, Pages 964-981

  Teixeira, M A C ^a   Argain J L ^b   Miranda, P M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Internal gravity waves; Linear theory; Non hydrostatic effects; Resonance; Wave trapping

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; HYDROSTATIC CONDITIONS; INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES; LINEAR THEORY; NON-HYDROSTATIC; TWO-LAYER ATMOSPHERES; WAVE TRAPPING; WIND SPEED PROFILES;

HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; RESONANCE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE TRANSMISSION; WIND EFFECTS;

DRAG;

GRAVITY WAVE; LEE WAVE; OSCILLATING FLOW; RESONANCE; STRATIFIED FLOW; TRAPPED WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84879248693     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2008     Document Type: Article

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