MST radar and radiosonde observations of inertia-gravity wave climatology over tropical stations: Source mechanisms

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Venkat Ratnam, M ^a   Narendra Babu, A ^b   Jagannadha Rao, V V M ^c   Vijaya Bhaskar Rao, S ^b   Narayana Rao, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Department of Physics Government Polytechnic ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GRAVITY WAVES; KINETIC ENERGY; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA SET; GRAVITY WAVE; INERTIA; MESOSPHERE; MONSOON; RADIOSONDE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TROPICAL REGION; TROPOSPHERE; WIND SHEAR; WINTER;

ASIA; BANGALORE; CHENNAI; EURASIA; GADANKI; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 45749096245     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008986     Document Type: Article

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