Estimation of gravity wave momentum flux and phase speeds from quasi-lagrangian stratospheric balloon flights. Part I: Theory and simulations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3042-3055

  Boccara, Gillian ^a   Hertzog, Albert ^a   Vincent, Robert A ^b   Vial, François ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; BALLOONS; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; FLUXES; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MOMENTUM; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SPEED; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WAVE PACKETS; WAVES;

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; ANTARCTICA; BALLOON MEASUREMENTS; GLOBAL SCALES; GRAVITY WAVE MOMENTUMS; HORIZONTAL VELOCITIES; LAGRANGIAN; LAGRANGIAN OBSERVATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MOMENTUM FLUXES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; PERIOD WAVES; PHASE SPEEDS; STRATOSPHERIC BALLOONS; SUPERPRESSURE BALLOONS; TIME FREQUENCIES; TIME SERIES; WAVE CHARACTERISTICS; WAVE PROPAGATION DIRECTIONS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AZIMUTH; BALLOON OBSERVATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GRAVITY WAVE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 56249095687     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2709.1     Document Type: Article

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