Seasonal evolution of Rossby and gravity wave induced laminae in ozonesonde data obtained from Wallops Island, Virginia

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1859-1862

  Pierce, R Bradley ^a   Grant, William B ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OZONE;

ROSSBY WAVE;

OZONE LAYER; MECHANICAL WAVES;

GRAVITY WAVE; OZONESONDE DATA; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATIFICATION;

USA, VIRGINIA, WALLOPS ISLAND;

FILAMENTATION; MATERIAL SURFACE; OZONE SONDES; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; ROSSBY WAVE; SMALL SCALE; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS; WINTER MONTHS;

EID: 0032100101     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98gl01507     Document Type: Article

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