Occurrence characteristics of mesospheric gravity waves at 51°N

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1197-1203

  Giers, D H ^a,c   Sahai, Y ^a,d   Cogger, L L ^a   Ryan, E H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Gemini Optics Consulting Services   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE; LARGE SCALE; MESOSPHERE;

EID: 0031444066     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(96)00117-4     Document Type: Article

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