Atmospheric wind effects on the gravity wave propagation observed at 22.7° S - Brazil

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 819-824

  Wrasse, C M ^a   Nakamura, T ^b   Tsuda, T ^b   Takahashi, H ^a   Gobbi, D ^a   Medeiros, A F ^c   Taylor, M J ^d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; GRAVITY WAVES; IMAGE SENSORS; LIGHTNING; WIND; WIND EFFECTS;

TROPOSPHERIC CONVECTIONS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

GRAVITY WAVE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND FORCING;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0242414571     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00413-7     Document Type: Article

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