Comparison of a large-scale inertia-gravity wave as seen in the ECMWF analyses and from radiosondes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2003, Pages

  Plougonven, R ^a   Teitelbaum, H ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GRAVITY WAVES; RADIOSONDES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

ISENTROPIC SURFACES; BRITISH ISLES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL WINDS; INERTIA GRAVITY WAVES; LOWER STRATOSPHERE;

GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITY WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0346911876     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017716     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Holton, J. R., Introduction to dynamic meteorology, 3rd edn, Academic, San Diego, CA, 1992.
2. Hertzog, A., C. Souprayen, and A. Hauchecorne, Observation and backward trajectory of an inertia-gravity wave in the lower stratosphere, Ann. Geophys., 19, 1141-1155, 2001.
3. Koch, S. E., and P. B. Dorian, A mesoscale gravity wave event observed during CCOPE. Part III: Wave environment and possible source mechanisms, Mon. Wea. Rev., 116, 2570-2591, 1988.
4. Moldovan, H., F. Lott, and H. Teitelbaum, Wave breaking and critical levels for propagating inertial gravity waves in the lower stratosphere, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 128, 713-732, 2002.
5. O'Sullivan, D., and T. Dunkerton, Generation of inertia-gravity waves in a simulated life cycle of baroclinic instability, J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 3695-3716, 1995.
6. Plougonven, R., H. Teitelbaum, and V. Zeitlin, Inertia-gravity wave generation by the tropospheric mid-latitude jet as given by the FASTEX radio-soundings, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2003JD003535, in press, 2003.
7. Sato, K., T. Kumakura, and M. Takahashi, Gravity waves appearing in a high-resolution GCM simulation. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 1005-1018, 1999.
8. Scavuzzo, C., M. Lamfri, H. Teitelbaum, and F. Lott, A study of the low-frequency inertio-gravity waves observed during the Pyrénées Experiment, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 1747-1758, 1998.
9. Uccelini, L., and S. Koch, The synoptic setting and possible energy sources for mesoscale wave disturbances. Mon. Wea. Rev., 115, 721-729, 1987.