Impact of the tropopause on upward propagation of mountain waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1071-1074

  Worthington, R M ^a   Thomas, L ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; LANDFORMS; TROPOSPHERE; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADIOSONDES; REFLECTION; THERMAL GRADIENTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

HORIZONTAL WINDS; LARGE AMPLITUDE; MOUNTAIN WAVE; PARAMETER PROFILE; PARTIAL REFLECTION; SUPPLY TEMPERATURES; WAVE PHASE; WAVE TRAPPING;

CLOUDS; WIND;

BRUNT VAISALA FREQUENCY; MOUNTAIN WAVES; TROPOPAUSE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; MESOSCALE; MOUNTAIN WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 0031136214     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00833     Document Type: Article

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