A new technique for the analysis of neutral air density fluctuations measured in situ in the middle atmosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Strelnikov, B ^a   Rapp, M ^a   Lubken F J ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION; TURBULENCE; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; ROCKETS;

AIR DENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; TURBULENT EDDY MOTIONS; FOURIER APPROACHES; IONIZATION GAUGE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; SPATIAL SCALE; SPECTRAL INFORMATION; TURBULENT EDDY; TURBULENT STRUCTURES; WAVELET TECHNIQUES;

GEOPHYSICS; AIR;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DENSITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MESOSPHERE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 1242322475     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018271     Document Type: Article

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