Global observations of gravity wave intermittency and its impact on the observed momentum flux morphology

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 10,980-10,993

  Wright, C J ^a   Osprey, S M ^b,c   Gille, J C ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c National Center for Atmospheric Science ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

gravity waves; intermittency; mesosphere; observations; stratosphere

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; MORPHOLOGY; NASA; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WAVE PACKETS;

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL OBSERVATION; GRAVITY WAVE MOMENTUM; HIGH-RESOLUTION DYNAMICS LIMB SOUNDERS; INTERMITTENCY; MESOSPHERE; OBSERVATIONS; TROPICAL LATITUDES;

MOMENTUM;

ALTITUDE; AURA (SATELLITE); GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GRAVITY WAVE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; OCEAN; OROGRAPHY;

EID: 84887173081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50869     Document Type: Article

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