VHF radar observations of convectively generated gravity waves: Some new insights

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Kumar, Karanam Kishore ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; HEAT CONVECTION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

TROPICAL MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; TROPOPAUSE CONDITIONS; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR OBSERVATIONS;

GEOPHYSICS;

GRAVITY WAVE; RADAR; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 33644623276     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024109     Document Type: Article

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