Seasonal variations in gravity wave activity at three locations in Brazil

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1059-1065

  Clemesha, B R ^a   Batista, P P ^a   Buriti Da Costa, R A ^b   Schuch, N ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics; Middle atmosphere dynamics; Waves and tides

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WAVE FORCE; WIND SHEAR; WIND VELOCITY; ZONAL WIND;

BRAZIL; CACHOEIRA PAULISTA; CARIRI; CEARA; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SANTA MARIA [RIO GRANDE DU SUL]; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

EID: 77950403205     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-1059-2009     Document Type: Article

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