Modeling of gravity-wave tail spectra in the middle atmosphere via numerical and Doppler-spread methods

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 933-948

  Hines, Colin O ^a   Childress, Lilian I ^a   Kinney, Justin B ^a   Sulzer, Michael P ^a  

^a Arecibo Observatory   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Doppler spreading; Gravity waves; Lagrange Euler transformation; Middle atmosphere; Nonlinear waves; Wave saturation

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; GRAVITY WAVE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; MODELING;

EID: 2942563820     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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