Estimating Eliassen-Palm flux using COSMIC radio occultation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Leroy, S S ^a   Anderson, J G ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC EDDIES; ELIASSEN-PALM (E-P) FLUX; GEOSTROPHIC WINDS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INTERPOLATION; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

FLUXES;

DATA PROCESSING; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOPOTENTIAL; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GPS; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; MAPPING; SIMULATION; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

EID: 34447578016     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028263     Document Type: Article

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