Abstract: The theory of internal nonlinear waves in a motionless medium is extended to waves in sheared flow to provide a basis for the interpretation of atmospheric solitary waves. It is shown that if the Scorer parameter is zero ...

Abstract: Results of a field experiment carried out in 1991 to gather upper-air data on the morning-glory environment are presented. The data include daily early morning radiosonde soundings from Burketown in north Queensland, ...

Abstract: It is just over 15 years since the first major expedition was organized to investigate the ?morning glory? phenomenon of north-eastern Australia. The authors review briefly what has been learned about the generation and ...

Abstract: This paper presents an observational study of the structure and behavior of cold fronts over central Australia during the late dry season, a time of year when the prefrontal convectively well-mixed layer is particularly ...