Global distribution of atmospheric waves in the equatorial upper troposphere and lower stratosphere: COSMIC observations of wave mean flow interactions

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Alexander, Simon P ^a,b   Tsuda, T ^a   Kawatani, Y ^c   Takahashi, M ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GRAVITY WAVES; IONOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; DATA PROCESSING; EQUATORIAL WAVE; GPS; GRAVITY WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 62149091782     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010039     Document Type: Article

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