Global measurements of stratospheric mountain waves from space

Science

Volumn 286, Issue 5444, 1999, Pages 1534-1537

  Eckermann, Stephen O ^a   Preusse, Peter ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOUNTAIN; STRATOSPHERE; WAVE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FORECASTING; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

EID: 0033585048     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5444.1534     Document Type: Article

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54. This research was supported by the Office of Naval Research and by NASA through the Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling and Analysis Program and the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite Guest Investigator Program.