A numerical simulation of the two-day wave near the stratopause

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1702-1717

  Limpasuvan, Varavut ^a   Leovy, Conway B ^a   Orsolini, Yvan J ^b   Boville, Byron A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND EFFECTS;

RAYLEIGH DAMPING; STRATOPAUSE; TWO DAY WAVE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0034210718     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<1702:ANSOTT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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