Climatology of mesospheric gravity wave activity over Urbana, Illinois (40°N, 88°W)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D4, 1998, Pages 3767-3780

  Thorsen, Denise ^a,b   Franke, Steven J ^a,c  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSPHERE; WAVE FIELD;

ILLINOIS; URBANA; USA;

EID: 0032570478     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JD03548     Document Type: Article

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