Gravity wave propagation and dissipation from the stratosphere to the lower thermosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Lu, Xian ^d   Liu, Alan Z ^c   Swenson, Gary R ^c   Li, Tao ^b   Leblanc, Thierry ^a   Stuart McDermid, I ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; OPTICAL RADAR; SODIUM; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WAVES;

BACKGROUND WINDS; CONVECTIVE ZONE; DAMPING LAYERS; DOPPLER SHIFTS; HODOGRAPHS; HORIZONTAL WINDS; LIDAR WINDS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; LOWER THERMOSPHERE; MAUNA LOA; RAYLEIGH LIDAR; STATIC STABILITY; TEMPERATURE AMPLITUDE; WAVE AMPLITUDES; WAVE MODES;

ATMOSPHERICS;

DAMPING; DISSIPATION; GRAVITY WAVE; LIDAR; STRATOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND MEASUREMENT;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68749102029     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010112     Document Type: Article

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