High Rossby-wave activity in austral winter 2002: Modulation of the general circulation of the MLT during the MaCWAVE/MIDAS northern summer program

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Becker, E ^a   Mullemann A ^a   Lubken F J ^a   Kornich H ^a   Hoffman, P ^a   Rapp, M ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

3319 Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: General circulation; 3332 Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Mesospheric dynamics; 3334 Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Middle atmosphere dynamics (0341, 0342); 3379 Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Turbulence

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODULATION; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

CIRCULATION MODELS; FRICTIONAL HEATING; GRAVITY-WAVE SATURATION; HIGH ROSSBY-WAVE ACTIVITY;

GRAVITY WAVES;

MESOSPHERE; POLAR METEOROLOGY; ROSSBY WAVE; SUMMER;

EID: 14644437783     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019615     Document Type: Article

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