On the intermittency of gravity wave momentum flux in the stratosphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3433-3448

  Hertzog, Albert ^a   Alexander, Joan M ^b   Plougonven, Riwal ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Gravity waves; Momentum; Stratosphere; Wave properties; Wind shear

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MOMENTUM; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SHEAR FLOW;

ANTARCTICA; CRITICAL LEVEL; GRAVITY WAVE MOMENTUM; INTERMITTENCY; LARGE AMPLITUDE; LONG-DURATION BALLOONS; MOMENTUM FLUX; WAVE MOMENTUM FLUX; WAVE PROPERTIES; WIND SHEARS;

GRAVITY WAVES;

AMPLITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EASTERLY WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOMENTUM; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STRATOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE PROPERTY; WAVE SPECTRUM; WIND FIELD; WIND SHEAR;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84871977537     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/jas-d-12-09.1     Document Type: Article

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