Quasi-Lagrangian superpressure balloon measurements of gravity-wave momentum fluxes in the polar stratosphere of both hemispheres

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Vincent, Robert A ^a   Hertzog, A ^b   Boccara, Gillian ^b   Vial, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETERIZATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

AIR-PARCEL MOTIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION CLIMATE MODELS; HEMISPHERES;

METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS;

BALLOON OBSERVATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GRAVITY WAVE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 37249093554     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031072     Document Type: Article

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