The response of an idealized atmosphere to orographic forcing: Zonal versus meridional propagation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 3701-3718

  Lutsko, Nicholas J ^a   Held, Isaac M ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation dynamics; Large scale motions; Orographic effects; Planetary waves; Rossby waves; Stationary waves; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; WATER WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

LARGE SCALE MOTION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS; PLANETARY WAVES; ROSSBY WAVE; STATIONARY WAVES; TELECONNECTIONS;

WAVE TRANSMISSION;

MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; OROGRAPHY; PLANETARY WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; STANDING WAVE; TELECONNECTION; WAVE PROPAGATION; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 84988345416     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-16-0021.1     Document Type: Article

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