A comparison of seasonal variations of gravity wave intensity observed by the MU radar with a theoretical model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 3485-3494

  Gavrilov, Nikolai M ^a,b   Fukao, S ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GRAVITY WAVES; HARMONIC GENERATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND;

INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES PROPAGATION; MESOSPHERE; SUMMER; WINTER;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

GRAVITY WAVE; RADAR; SEASONALITY;

JAPAN;

EID: 0033569008     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<3485:ACOSVO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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