Propagation directions of gravity wave patterns observed in OH CCD images during the SEEK campaign

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1793-1796

  Nakamura, Takuji ^a   Tsuda, Toshitaka ^a   Miyagawa, Hirohisa ^a   Matsushita, Yoshihito ^a,c   Fukunishi, Hiroshi ^b   Takahashi, Yukihiro ^b   Yamada, Yoshinori ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E REGION; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PHASE MODULATION; RADAR; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CCD IMAGERS; MESOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES; PHASE SPEED; PROPAGATION DIRECTION; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SUMMER MONTHS; WAVE MODULATION; WAVE PATTERNS;

GRAVITY WAVES;

CHARGED COUPLED DEVICE (CCD) IMAGERS; FIELD ALIGNED IRREGULARITY (FAI) THEORY; GRAVITY WAVE PATTERNS;

EID: 0032095050     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98gl01064     Document Type: Article

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