An assessment of a mountain-wave parametrization scheme using satellite observations of stratospheric gravity waves

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 656, 2011, Pages 819-828

  Wells, H ^a   Vosper, S B ^a   Yan, X ^b,c  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

HIRDLS; Ray tracing

Indexed keywords

HIGH-RESOLUTION DYNAMICS LIMB SOUNDERS; HIRDLS; INDUCED TEMPERATURE; MOUNTAIN WAVE; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; PARAMETRIZATIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; TRACING CALCULATION;

CLIMATE MODELS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; RAY TRACING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

LANDFORMS;

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDICTION; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANDES;

EID: 79955465988     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.790     Document Type: Article

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