Normal mode rossby waves as revealed by UARS/ISAMS observations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1277-1285

  Hirooka, Toshihiko ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SATELLITES; WIND;

DAMPING EFFECT; MESOSPHERE; ROSSBY WAVES;

GRAVITY WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; UARS;

EID: 0034119386     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<1277:NMRWAR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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