Spectral analysis of gravity wave activity in SABER temperature data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Krebsbach, Marc ^a,b   Preusse, Peter ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GRAVITY WAVES; RADIOMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; VORTICITY;

QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; WINTER POLAR VORTICES;

GEOPHYSICS;

GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSPHERE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VORTICITY;

EID: 34548020757     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028040     Document Type: Article

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