Equatorial waves in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere forced by latent heating estimated from TRMM rain rates

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2321-2342

  Ryu, Jung Hee ^a,b   Alexander, M Joan ^a,b   Ortland, David A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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

^c NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric; Latent heating cooling; Remote sensing; Spectral analysis models distribution; Stratosphere troposphere coupling; Upper troposphere; Waves

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WAVES; BROAD SPECTRUM; EQUATORIAL WAVES; EQUIVALENT DEPTH; GLOBAL SPECTRAL MODEL; HIGH-RESOLUTION DYNAMICS LIMB SOUNDERS; INERTIA-GRAVITY WAVES; KELVIN WAVES; LATENT HEATING/COOLING; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION RADAR; RAIN RATES; RAIN REGION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SPECTRAL PEAK; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE COUPLING; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WAVE NUMBERS; WAVE STRUCTURES; WAVENUMBER-FREQUENCY DOMAIN;

ATMOSPHERICS; GRAVITY WAVES; HEATING; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WAVES;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EQUATORIAL WAVE; INERTIA; KELVIN WAVE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; ROSSBY WAVE; SATELLITE DATA; STRATIFORM CLOUD; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION;

EID: 80053184227     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JAS3647.1     Document Type: Article

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