On the role of an anisotropic gravity wave spectrum in maintaining the circulation of the middle atmosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 509-512

  Medvedev, A S ^a   Klaassen, G P ^a   Beagley, S R ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DEPOSITION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

GRAVITY WAVE MOMENTUM; ISOTROPIC SOURCES; MEAN-WINDS; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE MODEL; MIDLATITUDES; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; WAVE SPECTRA;

GRAVITY WAVES; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ANISOTROPIC GRAVITY WAVES; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GRAVITY WAVE;

EID: 0032004636     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL50177     Document Type: Article

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