The two-day wave in EOS MLS temperature and wind measurements during 2004-2005 winter

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Limpasuvan, Varavut ^a   Wu, Dong L ^b   Schwartz, Michael J ^b   Waters, Joe W ^b   Wu, Qian ^c   Killeen, Tim L ^c  

^a Wall College of Business   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON MONOXIDE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VAPORS; WIND;

MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER (MLS); WATER VAPOR; WAVE-INDUCED DISTURBANCES; WIND MEASUREMENTS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CARBON MONOXIDE; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 27544468390     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023396     Document Type: Article

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