Direct heating rates associated with gravity wave saturation

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 6-9, 2004, Pages 683-696

  Becker, Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy conversion rates; Gravity waves; Primitive equation model

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVE; HEAT BUDGET; HEATING; INTERNAL WAVE; MESOSPHERE;

EID: 2442648871     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2004.01.019     Document Type: Article

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