Global observations of gravity waves from High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder temperature measurements: A yearlong record of temperature amplitude and vertical wavelength

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Yan, Xiuping ^a   Arnold, Neil ^a   Remedios, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; LANDFORMS; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; WAVES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BACKGROUND FIELD; CONVECTIVELY GENERATED GRAVITY WAVES; ENHANCED GRAVITY; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; EXTRATROPICAL; EXTRATROPICS; GLOBAL OBSERVATION; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGH-RESOLUTION DYNAMICS LIMB SOUNDERS; HIMALAYAS; MOUNTAIN RANGES; OROGRAPHIC GRAVITY WAVES; PEAK AMPLITUDE; STATIONARY COMPONENTS; TEMPERATURE AMPLITUDE; TEMPERATURE DATA; TEMPERATURE PERTURBATIONS; TROPICAL STRATOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WAVE ACTIVITY; WIND DATA; WINTER MONTHS; ZONAL MEANS;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

AMPLITUDE; CYCLONE; DATA SET; FOURIER TRANSFORM; GRAVITY WAVE; LATITUDE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; OROGRAPHY; PLANETARY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VERTICAL PROFILE; WAVE ACTION; WAVELENGTH; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANDES; CASCADE RANGE; HIMALAYAS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953147959     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011511     Document Type: Article

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