Airglow imager observations of atmospheric gravity waves at Alice Springs and Adelaide, Australia during the Darwin Area Wave Experiment (DAWEX)

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Hecht, James H ^a   Kovalam, S ^c   May, P T ^b   Mills, G ^b   Vincent, R A ^c   Walterscheid, Richard L ^a   Woithe, J ^c  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airglow and aurora; Convective processes; Mesospheric dynamics; Waves and tides

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CONVECTION; GRAVITY WAVE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11844263280     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004697     Document Type: Article

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