Measuring gravity wave momentum fluxes with airglow imagers

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D10, 1999, Pages 11903-11915

  Gardner, Chester S ^a   Gulati, Kapil ^a   Zhao, Yucheng ^a   Swenson, Gary ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOPAUSE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033609257     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900105     Document Type: Article

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