Properties of the average distribution of equatorial Kelvin waves investigated with the GROGRAT ray tracer

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 7973-7995

  Ern, M ^a   Cho, H K ^b   Preusse, P ^a   Eckermann, S D ^c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; KELVIN WAVE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RAY TRACING; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 70450236982     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-7973-2009     Document Type: Article

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