Characteristics of wave packets in the upper troposphere. Part I: Northern Hemisphere winter

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1708-1728

  Chang, Edmund K M ^a   Yu, Daniel B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CORRELATION METHODS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WINTER; WAVE COHERENCE INDEX; WAVE PACKETS;

TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; BAROCLINIC WAVE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PACKET; WINTER;

EID: 0033149929     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1708:COWPIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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