Characteristics of atmospheric gravity wave activity in the polar regions revealed by GPS radio occultation data with CHAMP

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Hei, Hayato ^a   Tsuda, Toshitaka ^a   Hirooka, Toshihiko ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GRAVITY WAVES; JETS; VORTEX FLOW; WIND;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GPS; GRAVITY WAVE; JET STREAM; PLANETARY WAVE; POLAR REGION; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE; WAVELENGTH; ZONAL WIND;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 42549127315     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008938     Document Type: Article

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