Seasonal variation of gravity wave sources from satellite observation

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1925-1932

  Jiang, J H ^a   Eckermann, S D ^b   Wu, D L ^a   Hocke, K ^c   Wang, B ^d   Ma, J ^b   Zhang, Y ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

GRAVITY WAVES;

EID: 25844515737     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.01.099     Document Type: Conference Paper

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