Characteristics of wave packets in the upper troposphere. Part II: Seasonal and hemispheric variations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1729-1747

  Chang, Edmund K M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEGUIDES;

GROUP VELOCITY; HEMISPHERE; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; WAVE COHERENCE INDEX; WAVE PACKETS;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PACKET;

EID: 0033150019     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1729:COWPIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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