Observations of atmospheric gravity waves using airglow all-sky CCD imager at Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil (23° S, 45° W)

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-39

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

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airglow; Blocking diagram; Gravity waves; Imager; Winds

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1542434340     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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