Month-long simulations of gravity waves over North America and North Atlantic in comparison with satellite observations

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 446-454

  Zhang, Fuqing ^a   Zhang, Meng ^a,c   Wei, Junhong ^a   Wang, Shuguang ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c IBM RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

baroclinic jet front; gravity wave; satellite radiance measurement

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MODE; GRAVITY WAVE; MODELING; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84882751074     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: 21914788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13351-013-0301-x     Document Type: Article

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