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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3523-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3523-2018
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19 Jun 2018
Research article |  | 19 Jun 2018

Orographic and convective gravity waves above the Alps and Andes Mountains during GPS radio occultation events – a case study

Rodrigo Hierro, Andrea K. Steiner, Alejandro de la Torre, Peter Alexander, Pablo Llamedo, and Pablo Cremades

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This paper analyzed the collocated GPS radio occultation profiles near the convective systems identified from ISCCP over two orographic regions of the Alps and Andes. Gravity wave (GW) analysis over both selected regions was also carried out. The gravity wave signature from the two case studies were investigated using mesoscale WRF simulations, ERA-Interim reanalysis data, and measured RO temperature profiles. The absence of fronts or jets during both case studies reveals similar relevant GWs.