Seasonal variations of gravity wave activity in the lower stratosphere over an Antarctic Peninsula station

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Moffat-Griffin, Tracy, Hibbins, Robert E., Jarvis, Martin J., Colwell, Steve R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2011
• Subjects: Atmospheric Sciences; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Rothera; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/15142/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/15142/1/jgrd16996.pdf; https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2010JD015349

An 8 year series of 965 high-resolution radiosonde soundings over Rothera (67 degrees S, 68 degrees W) on the Antarctic Peninsula are used to study gravity wave characteristics in the lower stratosphere. The gravity wave energy is shown to have a seasonal variation with peaks at the equinoxes; the l...