Climatological effects of orography and land-sea heating contrasts on the gravity wave-driven circulation of the mesosphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 103-118

  Becker, Erich ^a   Schmitz, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; GRAVITY WAVES; HEATING; THERMAL EFFECTS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

OROGRAPHY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSPHERE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PLANETARY WAVE;

EID: 0042321177     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<0103:CEOOAL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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