First results of tropospheric gravity wave momentum flux measurements over Christmas Island

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 727-748

  Chang, J L ^a,d   Avery, S K ^a,d   Riddle, A C ^a,c   Palo, S E ^b,d   Gage, K S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; WIND; DATA HANDLING; GRAVITY WAVES; QUALITY CONTROL; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

COPLANAR BEAM ANALYSIS; MOMENTUM FLUX MEASUREMENT;

GRAVITY WAVES; MOMENTUM;

COPLANAR ANTENNA; DYNAMICAL PROCESS; GRAVITY WAVE MOMENTUM; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LOWER ATMOSPHERE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; VERTICAL FLUXES; WIND PROFILER DATA;

EID: 0031100331     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RS03468     Document Type: Article

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