Equatorial inertia-gravity waves in the lower stratosphere revealed by TOGA-COARE IOP data

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 721-736

  Wada, Koji ^a,c   Nitta, Tsuyoshi ^a   Sato, Kaoru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

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EID: 0000227653     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.77.3_721     Document Type: Article

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