Large-amplitude gravity waves above the southern Andes, the Drake Passage, and the Antarctic Peninsula

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  De La Torre, A ^a   Alexander, P ^b   Hierro, R ^a   Llamedo, P ^a   Rolla, A ^a   Schmidt, T ^c   Wickert, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; BACKGROUND WINDS; CONSTANT PRESSURES; CONTINUOUS WAVELET TRANSFORM; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; DOMINANT MODE; DOWN-SCALING; DRAKE PASSAGE; EQUIPARTITION; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; IN-SITU; KINETIC WAVES; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MESOSCALE MODEL SIMULATION; MOMENTUM FLUX; PARTIAL WAVES; PRESSURE LEVEL; REINITIALIZATION; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SPIN-UP; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL FLUXES; WAVE AMPLITUDES; WAVE CREST; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

SHEAR FLOW;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AMPLITUDE; GRAVITY WAVE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MESOCOSM; MESOSCALE MOTION; MOUNTAIN REGION; REMOTE SENSING; WAVE ENERGY; WAVELENGTH; WIND SHEAR; ZONAL WIND;

ANDES; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; DRAKE PASSAGE; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84856289315     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016377     Document Type: Article

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