Evidence for critical level filtering of atmospheric gravity waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-148

  Whiteway, James A ^a,b   Duck, Thomas J ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVE; FILTERING; GRAVITY WAVE ACTIVITY; PERTURBATION POTENTIAL ENERGY; RADIOSONDE MEASUREMENT; WIND VELOCITY FIELD;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, ELLESMERE ISLAND, EUREKA;

GRAVITY WAVES; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; SPECTRAL DENSITY;

ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES; CANADIAN HIGH ARCTIC; ENERGY SPECTRAL DENSITY; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; PERTURBATION POTENTIAL; RADIOSONDE MEASUREMENTS; STATIONARY WAVES; WEATHER STATIONS;

POTENTIAL ENERGY;

EID: 0029749836     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95GL03784     Document Type: Article

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