Nappo C.J. An Introduction to Atmospheric Gravity Waves

International Geophysics Series, 2002, Volume 85. Academic Press, New York, London, 2002. – 299 pp.Internal gravity waves are now a part of mainstream meteorology. Calculations of the atmospheric budgets, whether at the largest scales of the general circulation or the smaller scales of surface turbulence, routinely include contributions from wave transport and mixing. Waves were not always paid such respect: I recall conferences where an eminent proponent of waves and their effects in the middle atmosphere (C.O.H) would be confronted by colleagues who disputed the very existence of internal gravity waves. But the success of models in which stresses from breaking waves drive the middle-atmosphere circulation have made wave-skeptics an endangered species. Most atmospheric scientists now recognize the need to evaluate the function of waves in each dynamical situation.Foreword. Preface.
Fundamentals
The Linear Theory
Terrain-Generated Gravity Waves
Ducted Gravity Waves
Waves and Turbulence
The Parameterization of Wave Stress
Observational Techniques
Data Analyses and Numerical Methods
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