Global and seasonal variations of stratospheric gravity wave activity deduced from the CHAMP/GPS satellite

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1610-1620

  Ratnam, M Venkat ^a   Tetzlaff, G ^a   Jacobi, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL CONVECTION; TEMPERATURE SCALES; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EQUINOX; LATITUDES; OROGRAPHY; RADIO OCCCULATION;

GRAVITY WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE; RADIOSONDE; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 3943063007     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1610:GASVOS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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