A modeling study of stratospheric waves over the southern andes and drake passage

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1668-1689

  Jiang, Qingfang ^a   Doyle, James D ^a   Reinecke, Alex ^a   Smith, Ronald B ^b   Eckermann, Stephen D ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; COUPLED OCEAN ATMOSPHERE MESOSCALE PREDICTION SYSTEM; CRITICAL LEVEL; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MODELING STUDIES; RAY-TRACING TECHNIQUE; TROPOSPHERIC WAVES; WAVE MOMENTUM FLUX;

INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; TROPOSPHERE;

SHEAR FLOW;

AIRS; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAY TRACING; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

ANDES; DRAKE PASSAGE;

EID: 84880144622     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0180.1     Document Type: Article

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