A gravity wave analysis near to the Andes Range from GPS radio occultation data and mesoscale numerical simulations: Two case studies

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 494-500

  Llamedo, P ^a   de la Torre, A ^a   Alexander, P ^a   Luna, D ^a   Schmidt, T ^b   Wickert, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Andes; GPS RO; Gravity waves; WRF

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GRAVITY WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANDES; ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS; GEOSTROPHIC ADJUSTMENT; GPS RADIO OCCULTATIONS; NATURAL LABORATORIES; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 67650427123     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.04.023     Document Type: Article

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