Occurrence frequency of convective gravity waves during the North American thunderstorm season

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Hoffmann, L ^a   Alexander, M J ^b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b Colorado Research Associates Division NorthWest Research Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLOUDS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; NATURAL CONVECTION; THUNDERSTORMS; WAVES;

AIRS DATA; ALTITUDE RANGE; ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CORE REGION; DEEP CONVECTION; DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; DETECTION ALGORITHM; FILTER APPROACH; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MIDLATITUDES; NORTH AMERICAN; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; PLANE WAVE; RADIANCE MEASUREMENT; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL CORRELATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPICAL LATITUDES; WAVE ACTIVITY;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAVITY WAVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THUNDERSTORM; WAVE ACTION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVELENGTH;

GREAT PLAINS; MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049412296     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014401     Document Type: Article

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