An investigation of gravity wave activity in the low-latitude upper mesosphere: Propagation direction and wind filtering

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 14, 2003, Pages

  Medeiros, A F ^a   Taylor, M J ^b   Takahashi, H ^c   Batista, P P ^c   Gobbi, D ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Airglow; Gravity waves; Imager; Wind filtering; Winds

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSPHERE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0742322871     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002593     Document Type: Article

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