Night-to-night changes in the characteristics of gravity waves at stratospheric and lower-mesospheric heights

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 229-237

  McDonald, A J ^a   Thomas, L ^a   Wareing, D P ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gravity waves; MST radar systems; Radiosondes; Rayleigh lidar

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542397530     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-0229-0     Document Type: Article

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