Diagnosing orographic gravity wave drag and effects on circulation using satellite observations and high-resolution simulations

Laura Angelina Holt1, M Joan Alexander1, Lawrence Coy2 and William Putman3, (1)NorthWest Research Associates Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)SSAI at NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States