Determination of temporal and spatial characteristics of atmospheric gravity waves combining cross-spectral analysis and wavelet transformation

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Lu, Chungu ^a   Koch, Steven ^a   Wang, Ning ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 17044427102     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004906     Document Type: Article

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