Properties of the average distribution of equatorial Kelvin waves investigated with the GROGRAT ray tracer

Kelvin waves excited by tropospheric convection are considered to be one of the main drivers of the stratospheric quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO). In this paper we combine several measured data sets with the Gravity wave Regional Or Global RAy Tracer (GROGRAT) in order to study the forcing and vert...

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Main Authors: M. Ern, H.-K. Cho, P. Preusse, S. D. Eckermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2009-10-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/9/7973/2009/acp-9-7973-2009.pdf