Observed linear and nonlinear K layer response

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2933-2936

  Eska, V ^a,b   Hoffner J ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITY WAVES; SHIPS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALCULATIONS; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); OPTICAL RADAR; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIDES; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES; ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS; LINEAR GRAVITY WAVE; MONOCHROMATIC GRAVITY WAVES; MONOCHROMATIC WAVE; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GRAVITY WAVES;

CHEMICAL EFFECTS; LINEAR GRAVITY WAVE THEORY; MONOCHROMATIC WAVE;

EID: 0032136045     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02110     Document Type: Article

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