On using infrasound from interacting ocean swells for global continuous measurements of winds and temperature in the stratosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Le Pichon, Alexis ^a   Ceranna, L ^b   Garces M ^c   Drob, D ^d   Millet, C ^a  

^a CEA DIF   (France)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOPHYSICS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

AIR TEMPERATURE; INFRASONICS; STRATOSPHERE; WIND MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33746491114     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006690     Document Type: Article

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