Modeling the effects of gravity wave momentum deposition on the general circulation above the turbopause

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Yiǧit, Erdal ^a,b   Medvedev, Alexander S ^b   Aylward, Alan D ^a   Hartogh, Paul ^b   Harris, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; F REGION; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

GENERAL CIRCULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GRAVITY WAVE MOMENTUM; HORIZONTAL WINDS; ION DRAG; LOWER ATMOSPHERE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; SOURCE SPECTRUM; UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DISSIPATION; DRAG; GRAVITY WAVE; PARAMETERIZATION; THERMOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649107959     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011132     Document Type: Article

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