Gravity wave and orographic wave activity observed around the Antarctic and Arctic stratospheric vortices by the COSMIC GPS-RO satellite constellation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Alexander, S P ^a   Klekociuk, A R ^a   Tsuda, T ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; COSMOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; IONOSPHERE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WAVES;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTIC VORTEX; AUSTRAL SPRING; BOREAL WINTERS; BOUNDARY REGIONS; CONSTELLATION OBSERVING SYSTEM FOR METEOROLOGY; GREENLAND; IONOSPHERE AND CLIMATES; ISENTROPIC SURFACES; LINE OF SIGHT; MOUNTAIN RANGES; RADIO OCCULTATIONS; SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS; SCANDINAVIA; STRATOSPHERIC VORTEX; TEMPERATURE VARIANCE; VORTEX STRUCTURES; WAVE ACTIVITY;

VORTEX FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER; GPS; GRAVITY WAVE; MOUNTAIN; OROGRAPHY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; VORTEX; WAVE ACTION; WAVELENGTH;

ANDES; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREENLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; PATAGONIA; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 72049105592     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD011851     Document Type: Article

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