Jicamarca radar observations of the diurnal and semidiurnal tide in the troposphere and lower stratosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages

  Riggin, Dennis M ^a   Kudeki, Erhan ^b   Feng, Zhaomei ^b   Sarango, Martin F ^c   Lieberman, Ruth S ^a  

^a NorthWest Res Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

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

^c INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

Author keywords

Momentum flux; Radar; Stratosphere; Tide; Troposphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0037181923     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd001216     Document Type: Article

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