Gravity wave activity in the upper mesosphere over Urbana, Illinois: Lidar observations and analysis of gravity wave propagation models

Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 1905-1926

  Collins, Richard L ^a   Tao, Xin ^b   Gardner, Chester S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; BRUNT VAISALA PERIOD; DIFFUSIVE-FILTERING THEORY; GRAVITY WAVE; LIDAR OBSERVATION; MESOSPHERE; MODEL; WAVE PROPAGATION;

USA, ILLINOIS, URBANA;

EID: 0030423438     PISSN: 00219169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9169(96)00026-8     Document Type: Article

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