The global distribution of gravity wave energy in the lower stratosphere derived from GPS data and gravity wave modelling: Attempt and challenges

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 17-18, 2007, Pages 2238-2248

  Frohlich K ^a   Schmidt, T ^b   Ern, M ^c   Preusse, P ^c   de la Torre, A ^d   Wickert, J ^b   Jacobi, Ch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam ^*  (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

GPS; Gravity waves; Momentum flux; Parameterization scheme

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GRAVITY WAVES; PARAMETERIZATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

GRAVITY WAVE ENERGY; MOMENTUM FLUX; MOMENTUM FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS;

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 36248931521     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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