Momentum flux associated with gravity waves in the low-latitude troposphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1183-1195

  Prabhakaran Nayar, S R ^a   Sreeletha, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (convective process; tropical meteorology; precipitation)

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVE; TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 0038308827     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-1183-2003     Document Type: Article

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