Investigation of a "wall" wave event

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Li, Feng ^a,b   Swenson, Gary R ^c   Liu, Alan Z ^c   Taylor, Michael ^d   Zhao, Yucheng ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GRAVITY WAVES; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; IMAGE SENSORS; MOMENTUM; OPTICAL RADAR;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; HEAT FLUX; IMAGERY; LIDAR; WAVELENGTH;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848854121     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007213     Document Type: Article

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