Premium
Effects of Background Winds on Atmospheric Gravity Waves
Author(s) -
Shere K. D.,
Bowhill S. A.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/rs004i006p00535
Subject(s) - gravity wave , altitude (triangle) , gravitational wave , atmosphere (unit) , atmospheric sciences , atmospheric wave , physics , infragravity wave , dispersion (optics) , meteorology , dispersion relation , environmental science , wave propagation , geodesy , geology , longitudinal wave , optics , mathematics , astrophysics , mechanical wave , geometry
A dispersion relation is obtained for gravity waves propagating in an atmosphere with a horizontal background wind that is variable with altitude. Also, a full‐wave solution valid in a region containing a critical level is obtained for the case of a background wind varying linearly with altitude.