Reverse ray tracing of the mesospheric gravity waves observed at 23°S (Brazil) and 7°S (Indonesia) in airglow imagers

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-181

  Wrasse, C M ^a   Nakamura, T ^b   Tsuda, T ^b   Takahashi, H ^a   Medeiros, A F ^c   Taylor, M J ^d   Gobbi, D ^a   Salatun, A ^e   Suratno, ^e   Achmad, E ^e   Admiranto, A G ^e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e National Institute of Aeronautics and Space   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Airglow; Gravity waves; Mesosphere; Ray tracing; Sources; Troposphere

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; GAS EMISSIONS; IMAGE SENSORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAY TRACING; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AIR GLOW IMAGERS; GRAVITY WAVES OBSERVATIONS; MESOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES; TIDAL WIND MODEL; ZONAL WIND;

GRAVITY WAVES;

AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 30444456822     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2005.10.012     Document Type: Article

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