Statistics of gravity wave spectra in the troposphere and lower stratosphere over Beijing

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 141-149

  Yuan, Wei ^a,b   Xu, JiYao ^a   Wu, YongFu ^a,c   Chen, HongBin ^d   Bian, JianChun ^d  

^a CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Balloon measurements; Dominant vertical wavelengths; Gravity waves and saturation mode; Temperature and temperature spectra

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE RANGE; BALLOON MEASUREMENTS; DOMINANT VERTICAL WAVELENGTHS; LINEAR SATURATION; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; NEGATIVE SLOPE; NORMALIZED TEMPERATURE; SATURATION MODE; SEASONAL MEAN; SPECTRAL AMPLITUDE; SPECTRAL SLOPES; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TEMPERATURE SPECTRA; WAVENUMBER SPECTRA;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE; WAVES;

ATMOSPHERICS;

AMPLITUDE; BALLOON OBSERVATION; GRAVITY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE SPECTRUM; WAVELENGTH;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 76149125137     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-0002-6     Document Type: Article

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