Characteristics of short-period wavelike features near 87 km altitude from airglow and lidar observations over Maui

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Hecht, James H ^a   Liu, A Z ^b   Walterscheid, Richard L ^a   Franke, S J ^b   Rudy, Richard H ^a   Taylor, M J ^c   Pautet, P D ^c  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

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

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR;

AIRGLOW; ALTITUDE; CAPILLARY WAVE; LIDAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RIPPLE; WAVELENGTH;

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

EID: 35348983545     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008148     Document Type: Article

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