Lidar observations of the middle atmospheric thermal tides and comparison with the High Resolution Doppler Imager and Global Scale Wave Model 2. October observations at Mauna Loa (19.5°N)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D10, 1999, Pages 11931-11938

  Leblanc, Thierry ^a   McDermid, I Stuart ^a   Ortland, David A ^b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; DOPPLER LIDAR; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; WAVE MODELING;

HAWAII; MAUNA LOA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18144390627     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900008     Document Type: Review

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