Large amplitude waves detected with balloons near the Andes mountains

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1103-1106

  De La Torr, A ^a   Alexander, P ^a   Giraldez, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Provincia de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; ANEMOMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MAGNETOMETERS; METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS; RADAR; SOUNDING APPARATUS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

HIGHER RESOLUTION; LARGE AMPLITUDE WAVES; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; SONIC ANEMOMETER; SPECTRAL CORRELATION; STRATOSPHERIC BALLOON; VERTICAL SOUNDING; WIND VELOCITIES;

METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS; GEOPHYSICS;

ANDES MOUNTAINS; HANNING TRUNCATION FUNCTION; OROGRAPHIC ORIGIN; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; SONIC ANEMOMETERS; TROPOPAUSE;

BALLOON MEASUREMENT; OROGRAPHY; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE; WAVE DETECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ARGENTINA, ANDES;

EID: 0030136504     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96gl01028     Document Type: Article

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