Characteristics of 10-day Kelvin wave observed with radiosondes and CHAMP/GPS occultation during the CPEA campaign (April-May, 2004)

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 84, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 277-293

  Tsuda, Toshitaka ^a   Ratnam, M Venkat ^a   Kozu, Toshiaki ^b   Mori, Shuichi ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; EQUATORIAL WAVE; GPS; KELVIN WAVE; RADIOSONDE; TROPOPAUSE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; KOTOTABANG; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST SUMATRA;

EID: 33748459585     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.84A.277     Document Type: Article

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