Horizontal wavenumber spectra of winds, temperature, and trace gases during the Pacific Exploratory Missions: 2. Gravity waves, quasi-two-dimensional turbulence, and vortical modes

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D13, 1999, Pages 16297-16308

  Cho, John Y N ^a   Newell, Reginald E ^a   Barrick, John D ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVE; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY;

GRAVITY WAVE; TRACE GAS; TURBULENCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; VORTICITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032777319     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900068     Document Type: Article

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