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Gravity wave momentum flux in the lower stratosphere over convection
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Alexander, M. Joan Pfister, Leonhard |
| Copyright Year | 1995 |
| Description | This work describes a method for estimating vertical fluxes of horizontal momentum carried by short horizontal scale gravity waves (lambda(sub x) = 10-100 km) using aircraft measured winds in the lower stratosphere. We utilize in situ wind vector and pressure altitude measurements provided by the Meteorological Measurement System (MMS) on board the ER-2 aircraft to compute the momentum flux vectors at the flight level above deep convection during the tropical experiment of the Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange Project (STEP-Tropical). Data from Flight 9 are presented here for illustration. The vertical flux of horizontal momentum these observations points in opposite directions on either side of the location of a strong convective updraft in the cloud shield. This property of internal gravity waves propagating from a central source compares favorably with previously described model results. |
| File Size | 433510 |
| Page Count | 5 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19960011395 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t42r8rr7g |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1995-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Atmospheric Circulation Atmospheric Pressure Estimating Stratosphere Wind Velocity Measurement Momentum Free Convection Wind Direction Vertical Air Currents Tropical Regions Flux Density U-2 Aircraft Pressure Measurement Gravity Waves Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
