A global morphology of gravity wave activity in the stratosphere revealed by the GPS occultation data (GPS/MET)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D6, 2000, Pages 7257-7273

  Tsuda, Toshitaka ^a   Nishida, Masahiro ^a   Rocken, Christian ^b   Ware, Randolph H ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PERTURBATION;

EID: 0033784419     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD901005     Document Type: Article

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