Mesospheric gravity waves over a tropical convective region observed by OH airglow imaging in Indonesia

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2003, Pages

  Nakamura, T ^a   Aono, T ^a   Tsuda, T ^a   Admiranto, A G ^b   Achmad, E ^b   Suranto, ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Institute of Aeronautics and Space   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AIRGLOW IMAGING;

GEOPHYSICS;

AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 0348108170     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003gl017619     Document Type: Article

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