A meridional scan of the stratospheric gravity wave field over the ocean in 2001 (MeSSO2001)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 16, 2003, Pages

  Sato, Kaoru ^a   Yamamori, Miho ^b   Ogino, Shin Ya ^c   Takahashi, Noriyoshi ^d   Tomikawa, Yoshihiro ^e   Yamanouchi, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Convection; Gravity waves; Middle atmosphere dynamics; Radiosondes; Spectral analysis; Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; RADIOSONDE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 1342332624     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003219     Document Type: Article

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