Full-wave modeling of small-scale gravity waves using Airborne Lidar and Observations of the Hawaiian Airglow (ALOHA-93) O(1S) images and coincident Na wind/temperature lidar measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D6, 1998, Pages 6439-6453

  Hickey, Michael P ^a   Taylor, Michael J ^b   Gardner, Chester S ^c,d   Gibbons, Christian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVE; LIDAR; MESOPAUSE; SODIUM; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

HALEAKALA; HAWAII; MAUI; USA;

EID: 0032571202     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JD03373     Document Type: Article

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