Analysis of gravity waves during the POLINAT experiment and some consequences for stratosphere-troposphere exchange

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1019-1030

  Moustaoui, M ^a,b   Teitelbaum, H ^a   Van Velthoven, P F J ^b   Kelder, H ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OZONE; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATER; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND;

CROSS TROPOPAUSE MIXING; POLINAT EXPERIMENT; STRATOSPHERE TROPOSPHERE EXCHANGE; WATER VAPOR DISTRIBUTION;

GRAVITY WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0033560465     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1019:AOGWDT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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