Solutions to the vertical structure equation for simple models of the tropical troposphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2061-2072

  Ortland, David A ^a   Alexander, Joan M ^b  

^a NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b NWRA ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Heating; Stratosphere troposphere coupling; Tropics; Waves

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC SOLUTION; BUOYANCY FREQUENCY; EQUIVALENT DEPTH; HEATING SOURCE; INTERNAL WAVES; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MODELING STUDIES; PIECEWISE CONSTANT; REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE COUPLING; TROPICAL TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WAVE FLUX; WAVE RESPONSE;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; WAVES;

ATMOSPHERICS;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; BUOYANCY; HEATING; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOPAUSE; WAVE REFLECTION;

EID: 80053186821     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JAS3719.1     Document Type: Article

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