Interpretation of gravity waves observed in the mesopause region at Starfire Optical Range, New Mexico: strong evidence for nonseparable intrisic (m, ω) spectra

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D8, 1998, Pages 8699-8713

  Gardner, Chester S ^a,b   Franke, Steven J ^a,b   Yang, Weimin ^a,b   Tao, Xin ^a,b   Yu, J R ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOPAUSE; WIND;

NEW MEXICO; STARFIRE OPTICAL RANGE; USA;

EID: 0032571715     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JD03428     Document Type: Article

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