Observations of gravity wave activity in the middle stratosphere on both sides of the Scandinavian mountains

• Main Authors: Blum, U., Hoppe, U.-P., Fricke, K.H.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: 620; Arctic; Norway; Esrange; Alomar; Northern Norway; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/357566

S.301-306 Atmospheric gravity waves are frequently observed in the polar winter stratosphere. The existence of polar stratospheric clouds in the Arctic is closely connected to the occurrence of orographically generated gravity waves. Such waves modulate the atmospheric temperature profile. We measur...