Rayleigh lidar observations of quasi-sinusoidal waves in the tropical middle atmosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Rajeev, K ^a   Parameswaran, K ^a   Sasi, M N ^a   Ramkumar, Geetha ^a   Murthy, B V Krishna ^b  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Quasi sinusoidal waves; Rayleigh lidar; Tropical middle atmosphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; LIDAR; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; TROPICAL REGION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; GADANKI; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 1642382904     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003682     Document Type: Article

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