Wave activity in the tropical tropopause layer in seven reanalysis and four chemistry climate model data sets

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Fujiwara, M ^a   Suzuki, J ^b   Gettelman, A ^c   Hegglin, M I ^d,e   Akiyoshi, H ^f   Shibata, K ^g  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^g METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DEHYDRATION; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ANTI-SYMMETRIC; CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODELS; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; DATA SETS; EQUATORIAL WAVES; HORIZONTAL WINDS; KELVIN WAVES; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; REANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS METHOD; SPECTRAL FEATURE; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE LAYERS; WAVE ACTIVITY;

CLOUDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; DEHYDRATION; EQUATORIAL WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TROPOPAUSE; WAVE ACTION;

EID: 84862877128     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016808     Document Type: Article

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