Observational evidence of quasi two-day/gravity wave interaction using MF radar

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1141-1144

  Herman, Redina L ^a   Robinson, Walter A ^a   Franke, Steven J ^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

GRAVITY WAVES; IONOSPHERE; RADAR; ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MODULATION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND;

COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; MEAN-WINDS; MERIDIONAL WINDS; QUASI TWO-DAY WAVES; RADAR DATA; STANDARD DEVIATION; WAVE ACTIVITY; WAVE INTERACTIONS;

WIND; GRAVITY WAVES;

GRAVITY WAVE INTERACTION; MEDIUM FREQUENCY RADAR; MERIDIONAL WIND; SUMMER;

GRAVITY WAVE; RADAR; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0033560485     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900157     Document Type: Article

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