Gravity wave perturbations of minor constituents: A parcel advection methodology

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 3521-3539

  Eckermann, Stephen D ^a,c   Gibson Wilde, Dorothy E ^b   Bacmeister, Julio T ^c  

^a Computational Physics Inc ^*  (United States)

^b Colorado Research Associates ^*  (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY OF GASES; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE LAYER; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

DENSITY DISTRIBUTION;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ADVECTION; GRAVITY WAVE; PERTURBATION;

EID: 0033489842     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<3521:GWPOMC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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