On the origins of mesospheric gravity waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Sato, K ^a   Watanabe, S ^b   Kawatani, Y ^b   Tomikawa, Y ^c   Miyazaki, K ^b   Takahashi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL VIEW; HIGH LATITUDES; HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTION; MESOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; MOMENTUM BALANCES; MOMENTUM FLUX; MONSOON CIRCULATIONS; PROPAGATION PATHS; SIMULATION-BASED;

GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; JETS; MOMENTUM; SIMULATORS; WAVES;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EASTERLY WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSPHERE; MOMENTUM; WAVE PROPAGATION; WESTERLY;

EID: 72049089818     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039908     Document Type: Article

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