Horizontally propagating quasi-sinusoidal tropospheric waves observed in the lee of the Andes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1075-1078

  Liziola, Luis E ^a   Balsley, Ben B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; PHASE METERS; PHASE VELOCITY; TROPOSPHERE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

GROUND BASED; REFERENCE FRAME; SINUSOIDAL OSCILLATIONS; TROPOSPHERIC WAVES; VERTICAL VELOCITY; VERTICAL WIND; WAVE CHARACTERISTICS;

VELOCITY; WIND;

TROPOSPHERIC WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; ICE WAVE; MESOSCALE; TROPOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY;

PERU, ANDES, PIURA;

EID: 0031133862     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00949     Document Type: Article

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