The morning glory of the Gulf of Carpentaria: an atmospheric undular bore.

Abstract

The morning glory is identified as an internal undular bore propagating on the nocturnal and/or maritime inversion. Its origin appears to lie frequently in the interaction of a deeply penetrating sea breeze front with a developing nocturnal inversion, but there is evidence also that on occasion it may result from the effect of a katabatic flow. The factors which appear to make the Gulf region particularly favorable for the common occurrence of this phenomenon are discussed.-from Authors