Time-height evolution of intraseasonal oscillations in the tropical lower atmosphere: Multilevel wind observations using UHF radar

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Krishnan, Praveena ^a   Kunhikrishnan, P K ^a   Nair, S Muraleedharan ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; WIND; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; RADAR;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER (ABL); INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS (ISO); LOW-FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS; LOWER ATMOSPHERE;

TROPOSPHERE; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

BOUNDARY LAYER; RADAR IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; ZONAL WIND;

HEIGHT EVOLUTION; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS; LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS; LOW-FREQUENCY; LOWER ATMOSPHERE; LOWER ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; MONSOON SEASON; PRE-MONSOON;

EID: 21844444152     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022019     Document Type: Article

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