Mountain-wave drag in the stratosphere and mesosphere inferred from observed winds and a simple mountain-wave parameterization scheme

• Main Author: Bacmeister, Julio T.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1993
• Subjects: 47; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Block Mountain; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19930042528

A daily analysis of mountain-wave propagation through observed, global wind, and temperature fields in January and August is presented. Winds and temperatures are obtained from the daily 18-level NMC Climate Analysis Center. Mountain-wave properties are deduced from a simple, gravity wave parameteri...