Seasonal variation of gravity waves in the Equatorial Middle Atmosphere: Results from ISRO's Middle Atmospheric Dynamics (MIDAS) program

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2471-2480

  Ramkumar, G ^a   Antonita, T M ^a   Kumar, Y Bhavani ^b   Kumar, H Venkata ^b   Rao, D Narayana ^b  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; GRAVITY WAVE; LIDAR; MESOSPHERE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; GADANKI; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 33751087199     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-2471-2006     Document Type: Article

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