Measurements of the effects of gravity waves in the middle atmosphere using parametric models of density fluctuations. Part I: Vertical wavenumber and temporal spectra

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1308-1329

  Sica, Robert J ^a   Russell, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTONS;

DENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; PARAMETRIC MODELS; TEMPORAL SPECTRA; VERTICAL WAVENUMBER;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

DENSITY; GRAVITY WAVE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; MODELING; WAVE SPECTRUM;

EID: 0033562267     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1308:MOTEOG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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