Equatorial waves in the lower stratosphere. I: A novel detection method

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 614, 2006, Pages 177-194

  Tindall, Julia C ^a   Thuburn, J ^b   Highwood, E J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inertio gravity wave; Kelvin wave; Rossby gravity wave

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GRAVITY WAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VELOCITY; WIND;

EQUITORIAL WAVE; INERTIO-GRAVITY WAVE; LINEAR WAVE THEORY; TEMPERATURE VARIANCE; WAVENUMBER-FREQUENCY SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WIND VARIANCE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EQUATORIAL WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 33644608204     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.04.152     Document Type: Article

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