Global gravity wave activity in the tropopause region from CHAMP radio occultation data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Schmidt, T ^a   de la Torre, A ^b   Wickert, J ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; WAVES;

ALTITUDE RANGES; FILTERING METHODS; GAUSSIAN FILTERS; POSSIBLE ERRORS; RADIO OCCULTATIONS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TROPOPAUSE REGIONS; WAVE ACTIVITIES;

CLOUDS;

GPS; GRAVITY WAVE; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 56449099051     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034986     Document Type: Article

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