Seasonal dependence of mesospheric gravity waves (<100 km) at Peach Mountain Observatory, Michigan

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2211-2214

  Wu, Q ^a   Killeen, T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CAMERAS; FREQUENCIES; HYDROGEN INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR; RADIO;

ALL SKY CAMERA; EDDY DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HYDROXYL NIGHTGLOW; MESOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; NEUTRAL WINDS; PHASE VELOCITY; SEASONAL DEPENDENCE;

GRAVITY WAVES;

AIRGLOW; GRAVITY WAVE; NIGHTGLOW; SEASONAL BREAKING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

USA, MICHIGAN;

EID: 0030207105     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02168     Document Type: Article

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