Tracking Kelvin waves from the equatorial troposphere into the stratosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Flannaghan, T J ^a   Fueglistaler, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLOUDS; COASTAL ZONES; TROPOSPHERE;

BACKGROUND WINDS; DEEP CONVECTION; ECMWF RE-ANALYSIS; INDIAN OCEAN; KELVIN WAVE PROPAGATION; KELVIN WAVES; NUMBER OF WAVES; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; REAL-SPACE; STATIC STABILITY; STATISTICAL DESCRIPTIONS; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE LAYERS; WAVE ACTIVITY; WAVE AMPLITUDES;

GRAVITY WAVES;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION; KELVIN WAVE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE; TRACKING; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84869395711     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017448     Document Type: Article

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