Long-term behavior of the Kelvin waves revealed by CHAMP/GPS RO measurements and their effects on the tropopause structure

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1355-1366

  Venkat Ratnam, M ^a   Tsuda, T ^a   Kozu, T ^b   Mori, S ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Institute of Observational Research for Global Change (IORGC)   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; GPS; KELVIN WAVE; RADIO; SATELLITE; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 33751113270     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-1355-2006     Document Type: Article

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