Time-resolved ducting of atmospheric acoustic-gravity waves by analysis of the vertical energy flux

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Yu, Yonghui ^a,b   Hickey, Michael P ^a,b  

^a EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ENERGY FLUX; HEAT SOURCE; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY FLUX; GRAVITY WAVE; HEAT SOURCE; MESOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THERMOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 34547992753     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028299     Document Type: Article

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