Inertia-gravity waves observed in the lower stratosphere over Macquarie Island

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 737-752

  Guest, Fiona M ^a   Reeder, Michael J ^a   Marks, Crispin J ^b   Karoly, David J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; OZONE LAYER; RAY TRACING; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

INERTIA GRAVITY WAVES; OZONESONDE;

GRAVITY WAVES;

GRAVITY WAVE; INERTIA; STRATOSPHERE;

AUSTRALIA; MACQUARIE ISLAND;

EID: 0034161709     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<0737:IGWOIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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