Analysis of gravity wave variability from SAC-C and CHAMP occultation profiles between June 2001 and March 2003

Earth Observation with CHAMP: Results from Three Years in Orbit

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 609-614

  De La Torre, Alejandro ^a   Tsuda, Toshitaka ^b   Tsai, Ho Fang ^c,e   Hajj, George ^d   Wickert, Jens ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL SPACE ORGANIZATION   (Taiwan)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Andes Mountains; Gravity wave activity; Radio occultation

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544487158     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26800-6_97     Document Type: Chapter

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