A new wave scheme for trajectory simulations of stratospheric water vapor

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 5286-5290

  Kim, Ji Eun ^a   Joan Alexander, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

cold point temperature; stratospheric water vapor; temperature variability; trajectory; tropical tropopause layer; wave parameterization

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION FACTORS; COLD POINT; RADIOSONDE OBSERVATIONS; REALISTIC VARIABILITY; STATISTICAL VARIABILITY; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY; TRAJECTORY SIMULATION; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE LAYERS;

AMPLIFICATION; DEHYDRATION; INTERPOLATION; TRAJECTORIES; TROPICS; WATER VAPOR;

CLOUDS;

AMPLIFICATION; AMPLITUDE; CIRRUS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIOSONDE; STRATOSPHERE; TRAJECTORY; TROPICAL REGION; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84884946621     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50963     Document Type: Article

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