Quantification of the contribution of equatorial Kelvin waves to the QBO wind reversal in the stratosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 2009, Pages

  Ern, M ^a   Preusse, P ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL SCALE; KELVIN WAVES; MESOSCALE; OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; ROSSBY-GRAVITY WAVE; SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS; WAVE FORCING; WIND REVERSALS; ZONAL WAVENUMBER;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HYDRODYNAMICS; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WAVES;

GRAVITY WAVES;

GRAVITY WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WAVE FORCE;

EID: 72049103392     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040493     Document Type: Article

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