Atmospheric Propagation Background Studies up to September 1, 1968

Abstract

After a brief description of the system, a summary is given of significant results obtained in describing properties of background pressure fluctuations in the Dobbs Ferry area. Particular emphasis has been given, during the last year or so, to understanding the effect of the tropospheric jet stream. It is shown, among other things, that a good part of this effect is probably due to the generation of internal gravity waves by the wind structure near the 300 mbar level. This mechanism is sensitive to wind shears. Finally, although the exact importance of stability waves in this picture is hard to ascertain as of now, a preliminary investigation of one class of stability waves is reported.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0683312

Entities

People

  • D. W. Kraft
  • E. Bendor
  • Ivan Tolstoy
  • T. Herron

Organizations

  • Columbia University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymptotic Series
  • Boundary Layer
  • Couette Flow
  • Dispersion Relations
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Gravity Waves
  • Ground Level
  • Jet Streams
  • Phase Velocity
  • Reynolds Number
  • Spectra
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Waves
  • Wind

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Theoretical Analysis.