Fourier-ray modeling of short-wavelength trapped Lee waves observed in infrared satellite imagery near Jan Mayen

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2830-2848

  Eckermann, Stephen D ^a   Broutman, Dave ^b   Ma, Jun ^b   Lindeman, John ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Computational Physics Inc ^*  (United States)

^c George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INFRARED IMAGING; LANDFORMS; RADIOSONDES; TRAJECTORIES; WIND EFFECTS;

FOURIER-RAY METHOD; MOUNTAIN WAVES; SHORT-WAVELENGTH TRAPPED LEE WAVES; TRAPPED WAVE ENERGY; WAVELIKE CLOUD BANDING;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

INFRARED IMAGERY; LEE WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOSONDE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WIND PROFILE;

ARCTIC; JAN MAYEN; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 33750472366     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3218.1     Document Type: Article

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