CONVECTIVE WAVES AND CUMULUS GROWTH

Authors

  • Thomas Hauf
  • Terry Clark

Keywords:

Meteorology, Atmospheric physics

Abstract

Numerical simulations and aircraft measurements show that thermal waves are gravity waves developing under the presence of shear in the stable troposphere above a heated boundary layer. The waves are launched when thermals rise from the ground and impinge into the stable layer where they act as obstacles to the mean flow, thus forcing the air to flow over them. This paper reviews some basic aspects of thermal waves based on the papers of Clark, Hauf and Kuettner, Clark and Hauf, and Kuettner, Hildebrand and Clark.

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Vol. 12 No. 4 (1988)

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