Gravity waves generated by jets and fronts and their relevance for clear-air turbulence

Aviation Turbulence: Processes, Detection, Prediction

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 385-406

  Plougonven, Riwal ^a   Zhang, Fuqing ^b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; GRAVITY WAVES; TURBULENCE;

CLEAR-AIR TURBULENCES; CONVECTIVELY GENERATED GRAVITY WAVES; EXCITED WAVES; INERTIAL INSTABILITY; INTRINSIC FREQUENCY; LARGE-SCALE FLOWS; SIMPLE MODELING; VERTICAL SHEAR;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 84981220538     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-23630-8_19     Document Type: Chapter

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