Short-period planetary waves in the Antarctic middle atmosphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1336-1350

  Baumgaertner, A J G ^a   McDonald, A J ^a   Hibbins, R E ^b   Fritts, D C ^c   Murphy, D J ^d   Vincent, R A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c Colorado Research Associates Division ^*  (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baroclinic and barotropic instabilities; Planetary wave MFSA radar; QTDW

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; COMPUTER NETWORKS; SHEARING MACHINES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; ANTARCTICA; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITIES; BAROTROPIC; EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER (EOS MLS); ELSEVIER (CO); GROUND BASED (GB) DATA; GROUND BASED OBSERVATIONS; HORIZONTAL SHEAR; IN ORDER; LATITUDE (CO); MID-LATITUDES; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVES; RELATIVELY CONSTANT; RESONANT MODES; SUMMER SOLSTICE; UNITED KINGDOM (UK); VERTICAL SHEAR; WAVE AMPLITUDES; WAVE FORCING; WIND VELOCITIES; ZONAL WINDS;

WAVES;

EID: 45449098859     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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