Troposphere-stratosphere communication through local vertical waveguides

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 646, 2010, Pages 12-19

  Nathan, Terrence R ^a   Hodyss, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charney drazin condition; Ray tracing; Rossby wave; WKB method

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND FLOW; BACKGROUND WINDS; BRILLOUIN; EXTRA-TROPICAL ROSSBY WAVES; NONUNIFORM; POTENTIAL VORTICITY GRADIENTS; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATOSPHERIC SUDDEN WARMINGS; VERTICAL WAVEGUIDES; WAVE ACTIVITY; WIND FIELD; WKB METHOD;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WAVEGUIDES;

ATMOSPHERICS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; RAY TRACING; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND FIELD;

EID: 77249103976     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.532     Document Type: Article

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