A global distribution of the stratospheric gravity wave activity from GPS occultation profiles with SAC-C and CHAMP

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 82, Issue 1 B, 2004, Pages 407-417

  de la Torre, A ^a,b   Tsuda, T ^b   Hajj, G A ^c   Wickert, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; GPS; GRAVITY WAVE; REMOTE SENSING; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 2942620153     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2004.407     Document Type: Article

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