On using ocean swells for continuous infrasonic measurements of winds and temperature in the lower, middle, and upper atmosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 19, 2004, Pages

  Garces M ^a   Willis, M ^a,d   Hetzer, C ^a   Le Pichon, A ^b   Drob, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Commissariat l'Energie Atomique ^*  (France)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Surfline Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

0350 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Pressure, density, and temperature; 0394 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Instruments and techniques; 1610 Global Change: Atmosphere (0315, 0325); 4504 Oceanography: Physical: Air sea interactions (0312); 4560 Oceanography: Physical: Surface waves and tides (1255)

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WAVEGUIDES; WIND;

INFRASONIC MEASUREMENTS; MESOSPHERE; MICROBAROM SIGNALS; WIND DIRECTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; INFRASONICS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPEN OCEAN; SWELL;

EID: 11044233388     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020696     Document Type: Article

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