Hodographic analysis of gravity waves: Relationships among Stokes parameters, rotary spectra and cross-spectral methods

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 19169-19174

  Eckermann, Stephen D ^a,b  

^a Incorporated ^*  (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELLIPSOID; GRAVITY WAVE; HODOGRAPH; STOKES FORMULA;

EID: 0030429011     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd01578     Document Type: Article

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