The kinetic to potential energy ratio and spectral separability from high-resolution balloon soundings near the Andes mountains

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1413-1416

  De La Torre, A ^a   Alexander, P ^a   Giraldez, A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Laboratorio Ionosférico de la Armada de la República Argentina   (Argentina)

^c Laboratorio Lonosférico de la Armada de la República Argentina   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; LANDFORMS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TROPOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; KINETIC ENERGY; METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

BALLOON SOUNDING; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; HIGH RESOLUTION DATA; INERTIAL GRAVITY WAVE; ROTATIONAL SPECTRA; SPECTRAL SEPARABILITY; STRATOSPHERIC BALLOON; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS; GEOPHYSICS;

WAVENUMBERS;

ALTITUDE; KINETIC ENERGY; OROGRAPHY; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033562206     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900265     Document Type: Article

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