A study of mesoscale gravity waves over the North Atlantic with satellite observations and a mesoscale model

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 1-14

  Wu, Dong L ^a   Zhang, Fuqing ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesoscale gravity waves; North Atlantic; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSCALE MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE DATA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 14344255381     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005090     Document Type: Article

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