Momentum flux estimates for South Georgia Island mountain waves in the stratosphere observed via satellite

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Alexander, M Joan ^a   Eckermann, Stephen D ^b   Broutman, Dave ^c   Ma, Jun ^c  

^a NorthWest Research Associates ^*  (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Computational Physics Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DRAG FORCES; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GRID CELLS; HIGH RESOLUTION; ISLAND TOPOGRAPHY; MODEL RESOLUTION; MOMENTUM FLUX; MOUNTAIN WAVE; MOUNTAIN WAVE MOMENTUM FLUX; PARAMETERIZATIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SMALL ISLAND; SOUTH GEORGIA; WAVE MOMENTUM FLUX;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CELL MEMBRANES; CLIMATOLOGY; DRAG; MOMENTUM; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

LANDFORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; DRAG; GLOBAL CLIMATE; ISLAND; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; MOUNTAIN; OROGRAPHY; PARAMETERIZATION; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

EID: 68749104413     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038587     Document Type: Article

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