Stationary planetary waves inferred from WINDII wind data taken within altitudes 90-120 km during 1991-96

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1906-1918

  Wang, D Y ^a,c   Ward, W E ^a   Shepherd, G G ^a   Wu, Dongs Liang ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFEROMETERS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; VELOCITY;

STATIONARY PLANETARY WAVE; WIND IMAGING INTERFEROMETER;

WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; PLANETARY WAVE; WIND IMAGING INTERFEROMETER;

EID: 0034209692     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<1906:SPWIFW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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