A study of stratospheric GW fluctuations and sporadic e at midlatitudes with focus on possible orographic effect of Andes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 20, 2002, Pages ACL-5-1-ACL-5-16

  Hocke, Klemens ^a,c   Tsuda, Toshitaka ^a   De La Torre, Alejandro ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications   (Japan)

Author keywords

3322 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Land atmosphere interactions; 3362 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Stratosphere troposphere interactions; 3384 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Waves and tides

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GRAVITY WAVES; IONOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

GPS; GRAVITY WAVE; IONOSPHERE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; STRATOSPHERE;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; SOUTH AMERICA; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(PRV) ARGENTINA]; USHUAIA;

EID: 36448936127     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001330     Document Type: Article

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