Global ray tracing simulations of the SABER gravity wave climatology

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Preusse, Peter ^a   Eckermann, Stephen D ^b   Ern, Manfred ^a   Oberheide, Jens ^c   Picard, Richard H ^d   Roble, Raymond G ^e   Riese, Martin ^a   Russell III, James M ^f,h   Mlynczak, Martin G ^g  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAUNCHING; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; WAVES;

ANNUAL CYCLE; CRYOGENIC INFRARED SPECTROMETERS AND TELESCOPES FOR THE ATMOSPHERE; GLOBAL MAP; HORIZONTAL GRADIENTS; HORIZONTAL REFRACTION; LOW-AMPLITUDE; MEAN FLOW; MESOSCALE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; MOMENTUM FLUX; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; PHASE SPEED; RAY TRACING SIMULATION; RELATIVE ACCELERATION; SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS; SATELLITE MISSION; SOUNDING OF THE ATMOSPHERE USING BROADBAND EMISSION RADIOMETRY; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; TEMPERATURE VARIANCE; WAVE CLIMATOLOGIES; ZONAL MEANS;

INFRARED SPECTROMETERS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; GRAVITY WAVE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; RAY TRACING; SATELLITE MISSION; TIME SERIES; WAVE CLIMATE; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 66949177973     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011214     Document Type: Article

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