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contributor authorCoy, Lawrence
contributor authorFritts, David C.
contributor authorWeinstock, J.
date accessioned2017-06-09T14:26:50Z
date available2017-06-09T14:26:50Z
date copyright1986/11/01
date issued1986
identifier issn0022-4928
identifier otherams-19395.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4155506
description abstractVertically propagating, compressible, internal gravity waves are shown to have a vertical Stokes drift which is proportional to the vertical wave energy flux. In regions of the atmosphere dominated by upward propagating waves, such as the summer mesosphere, this Stokes drift will be upward. For the Lagrangian mean parcel motion to be small, a downward mean Eulerian velocity must exist to largely oppose the upward Stokes drift. These. results may explain the downward mean Eulerian velocity observed at Poker Flat, Alaska in the summer mesosphere.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleThe Stokes Drift due to Vertically Propagating Internal Gravity Waves in a Compressible Atmosphere
typeJournal Paper
journal volume43
journal issue22
journal titleJournal of the Atmospheric Sciences
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0469(1986)043<2636:TSDDTV>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage2636
journal lastpage2643
treeJournal of the Atmospheric Sciences:;1986:;Volume( 043 ):;issue: 022
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