Planetary wave and gravity wave influence on the occurrence of polar stratospheric clouds over Davis Station, Antarctica, seen in lidar and radiosonde observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Innis, John L ^a   Klekociuk, Andrew R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; GRAVITY WAVES; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; NITRIC ACID; RADIOSONDES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; GRAVITY WAVE; LIDAR; PLANETARY WAVE; RADIOSONDE; STRATOSPHERE;

ANTARCTICA; DAVIS STATION; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 34548591256     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007629     Document Type: Article

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