Evaluation of various approximations in atmosphere and ocean modeling based on an exact treatment of gravity wave dispersion

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4487-4506

  Dukowicz, John K ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ASPECT RATIO; DISPERSION (WAVES); HYDRAULICS; OSCILLATING FLOW; SEA LEVEL;

COMPRESSIBLE FLUID DYNAMICS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HYDROSTATIC APPROXIMATIONS; LOW ASPECT RATIO; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PARAMETER REGIMES; SEA LEVEL RISE; WAVE DISPERSION;

GRAVITY WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; BUOYANCY; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE; HYDROSTATICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WAVE DISPERSION;

EID: 84892467512     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-13-00148.1     Document Type: Article

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