High frequency atmospheric gravity wave damping in the mesosphere

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 785-793

  Swenson, G R ^a   Liu, A Z ^a   Li, F ^a   Tang, J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DAMPING; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GRAVITY WAVES; OPTICAL RADAR; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

GRAVITY WAVE; LIDAR; MESOSPHERE; WAVE DAMPING;

EID: 0242666234     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00399-5     Document Type: Article

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