Stratospheric gravity wave simulation over Greenland during 24 January 2005

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Limpasuvan, Varavut ^a   Wu, Dong L ^b   Alexander, M Joan ^c   Xue, Ming ^d   Hu, Ming ^d   Pawson, Steven ^e   Perkins, James R ^a  

^a E Craig Wall Sr College of Business Administration   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DECELERATION; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVE; OROGRAPHY; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE; WAVE BREAKING; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 34547680366     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007823     Document Type: Article

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