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A numerical study of the wavelength and amplitude of lee waves
Author(s) -
Wallington C. E.,
Portnall Janet
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49708435905
Subject(s) - wavelength , amplitude , stratosphere , troposphere , variation (astronomy) , latitude , physics , geology , atmospheric sciences , computational physics , meteorology , optics , geodesy , astrophysics
Abstract Wavelengths and variation of wave amplitude with height are computed for 19 airstreams in which lee waves have been observed. Comparison between the computed and observed wavelengths suggests that the tropospheric flow is sufficiently independent of conditions in the stratosphere to allow reasonable latitude in making a boundary assumption at some high level.