COSMIC GPS Observations of Northern Hemisphere winter stratospheric gravity waves and comparisons with an atmospheric general circulation model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Alexander, S P ^a   Tsuda, T ^a   Kawatani, Y ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; COSMOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; WAVES; WIND POWER;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; BACKGROUND WINDS; GRID CELLS; HIMALAYAS; IN CELLS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PHASE SPEEDS; SCANDINAVIA; TEMPERATURE DATUMS; ZONAL WINDS;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GPS; GRAVITY WAVE; JET FLOW; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 51049083534     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033174     Document Type: Article

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