On the wave spectrum generated by tropical heating

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2042-2060

  Ortland, David A ^a   Alexander, M Joan ^b   Grimsdell, Alison W ^b  

^a NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b NWRA ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric; Heating; Nonlinear models; Quasibiennial oscillation; Satellite observations; Tropics; Waves

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE HEATING; DYNAMICAL PROCESS; EQUIVALENT DEPTH; HEIGHT MEASUREMENT; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MEAN FLOW; MEAN-WINDS; NON-LINEAR MODEL; NON-LINEARITY; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RAINFALL RATES; ROSSBY WAVE RESPONSE; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; TEMPERATURE STRUCTURE; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; TROPICAL TROPOSPHERE; WAVE AMPLITUDES; WAVE FLUX; WAVE RESPONSE; WAVE SPECTRA; ZONAL WAVENUMBER; ZONAL WIND;

ATMOSPHERICS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RAIN; TROPICS; WAVES;

HEATING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; HEATING; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; ROSSBY WAVE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE FORCE; WAVE SPECTRUM; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 80053181731     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JAS3718.1     Document Type: Article

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