Signatures of ultra fas Kelvin waves in the equatorial middle atmosphere and ionosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Takahashi, H ^a   Wrasse, C M ^b   Fechine, J ^a   Pancheva, D ^c   Abdu, M A ^a   Batista, I S ^a   Lima, L M ^d   Batista, P P ^a   Clemensha, B R ^a   Schuch, N J ^a   Shiokawa, K ^e   Gobbi, D ^a   Mlynczak, M G ^f   Russell, J M ^g  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; IONOSPHERE; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; SATELLITES; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

MAXIMUM CRITICAL FREQUENCY; ULTRA FAST KELVIN WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

DIURNAL VARIATION; IONOSPHERE; KELVIN WAVE; OSCILLATION; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; TIME SERIES; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVELET ANALYSIS; ZONAL WIND;

BRAZIL; CARIRI; CEARA; FORTALEZA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34547969767     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029612     Document Type: Article

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