Dispersion imposed limits on atmospheric gravity waves in the mesosphere: Observations from OH airglow

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 875-878

  Swenson, Gary R ^a   Alexander, M Joan ^b   Haque, Rezaul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Colorado Research Associates ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; GRAVITY WAVE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DISPERSIONS; GRAVITY WAVES; IONOSPHERE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; DISPERSION (WAVES); EARTH ATMOSPHERE; SPEED; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES; DISPERSION RELATIONS; DISPERSION RELATIONSHIP; ESTIMATE OF ERRORS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; IMAGER MEASUREMENT; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; WAVE MOMENTUM FLUX;

DISPERSION (WAVES); GRAVITATIONAL PROSPECTING;

AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES; MESOSPHERE;

EID: 0034353349     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010738     Document Type: Article

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