Uncertainties in using the hodograph method to retrieve gravity wave characteristics from individual soundings

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Zhang, Fuqing ^a   Wang, Shuguang ^a   Plougonven, Riwal ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOLOGRAPHY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

HODOGRAPH METHOD; INERTIO-GRAVITY WAVES;

GRAVITY WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; GRAVITY WAVE; METHODOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 4143114669     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019841     Document Type: Article

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