Equatorial Atmosphere Radar observations of short vertical wavelength gravity waves in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere region induced by localized convection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Dhaka, S K ^a   Yamamoto, M K ^b,e   Shibagaki, Y ^c   Hashiguchi, H ^b,e   Fukao, S ^b,e   Chun, H Y ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA ELECTRO COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GRAVITY WAVES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

EQUATORIAL ATMOSPHERE RADAR (EAR); LOCALIZED CONVECTION; UPPER TROPOSPHERE AND LOWER STRATOSPHERE (UTLS);

RADAR ASTRONOMY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; GRAVITY WAVE; RADAR IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVELENGTH; WIND PROFILE;

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

EID: 34047205014     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027026     Document Type: Article

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