High frequency gravity waves observed in OH airglow at Starfire Optical Range, NM: Seasonal variations in momentum flux

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2002, Pages

  Tang, Jing ^a   Liu, Alan Z ^a   Swenson, Gary R ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; IONOSPHERE; MOMENTUM;

ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES; COMBINED INFORMATIONS; CROSS-CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HIGH FREQUENCY GRAVITY WAVES; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STARFIRE OPTICAL RANGE; WINTER CIRCULATION;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0037110229     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015794     Document Type: Article

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