Gravity wave activity associated with tropical convection detected in TOGA COARE sounding data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 261-264

  Karoly, D J ^a   Roff, G L ^a   Reeder, M J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPOSPHERE;

CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; ENHANCED GRAVITY; INTRA-SEASONAL; LARGE AMPLITUDE; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

GRAVITY WAVES;

CLOUD ACTIVITY; TOGA-COARE; TROPICAL CONVECTION; UPPER AIR SOUNDING DATA;

SOLOMON ISLANDS, SANTA CRUZ ISLAND;

EID: 0029729169     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00023     Document Type: Article

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