A global analysis of wave potential energy in the lower stratosphere derived from 5 years of GPS radio occultation data with CHAMP

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  de la Torre, A ^a   Schmidt, T ^b   Wickert, Jens ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Geodesy and Remote Sensing   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; JETS; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND;

CHALLENGING MINISATELLITE PAYLOAD; QUASI BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RADIO OCCULTATION;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; GPS; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WAVE ENERGY; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 34548023896     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027696     Document Type: Article

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