Observations of the two-day wave in WINDII data during January, 1993

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 2923-2926

  Ward, W E ^a   Wang, D Y ^a   Solheim, B H ^a   Shepherd, G G ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ALTITUDE RANGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIATIONS; BACKGROUND WINDS; LATITUDINAL STRUCTURES; LOWER THERMOSPHERE; MERIDIONAL WINDS; QUASI TWO-DAY WAVES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH SATELLITES;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

OBSERVATIONS; TWO-DAY WAVE SIGNATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; INTERFEROMETER; QUASI TWO DAY WAVE; UARS; WINDII;

EID: 0030265158     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02897     Document Type: Article

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