Climatology of short-period gravity waves observed over northern Australia during the Darwin Area Wave Experiment (DAWEX) and their dominant source regions

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Pautet, P D ^a   Taylor, M J ^a   Liu, A Z ^b   Swenson, G R ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CONVECTION; GRAVITY WAVE; SPRING (SEASON);

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17344364214     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004954     Document Type: Article

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