Observation of a tropopause fold by MARA VHF wind-profiler radar and ozonesonde at Wasa, Antarctica: Comparison with ECMWF analysis and a WRF model simulation

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1411-1421

  Mihalikova, M ^a,b   Kirkwood, S ^a,b   Arnault, J ^a   Mikhaylova, D ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Instruments and techniques); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Mesoscale meteorology; Polar meteorology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLD; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONESONDE; POLAR METEOROLOGY; RADAR; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TROPOPAUSE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND PROFILE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84867449258     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-30-1411-2012     Document Type: Article

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