Observed temperature two-day wave and its relatives near the stratopause

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1689-1701

  Limpasuvan, Varavut ^a   Leovy, Conway B ^a   Orsolini, Yvan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLIMATOLOGY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND;

STRATOPAUSE; TWO DAY WAVE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0034210784     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<1689:OTTDWA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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