Analysis of a jet stream induced gravity wave associated with an observed stratospheric ice cloud over Greenland

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1183-1200

  Buss, S ^a,b   Hertzog, A ^c   Hostettler, C ^d   Bui, T P ^e   Luthi D ^a   Wernli, H ^a,f  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 4744363972     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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