Gravity wave activity in the Arctic stratosphere and mesosphere during the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 stratospheric sudden warming events

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 23, 2010, Pages

  Thurairajah, Brentha ^a   Collins, Richard L ^b   Harvey, V Lynn ^c   Lieberman, Ruth S ^d   Gerding, Michael ^e   Mizutani, Kohei ^f   Livingston, John M ^g  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Colorado Research Associates Northwest Research Associates ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; POTENTIAL ENERGY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; WAVES; WIND;

ALTITUDE REGIONS; GERMANY; GREENLAND; LOWER AVERAGE; MEAN-WINDS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE ACTIVITY; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RAYLEIGH LIDAR; RELATIVE DENSITY; STRATOSPHERIC SUDDEN WARMINGS; STRATOSPHERIC VORTEX; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; WAVE ACTIVITY; WAVE POTENTIALS;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

ALTITUDE; ANTICYCLONE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BUOYANCY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBAL WARMING; GRAVITY WAVE; LIDAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MESOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VORTEX;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; GERMANY; GREENLAND; KANGERLUSSUAQ FJORD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649992231     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014125     Document Type: Article

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