Gravity wave flux retrievals using meteor radars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 2010, Pages

  Vincent, R A ^a   Kovalam, S ^a   Reid, I M ^a   Younger, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; RADAR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

ALL-SKY; ANGLE-OF-ARRIVAL; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HORIZONTAL WINDS; LINE-OF-SIGHT; MEAN-SQUARE; MEAN-WINDS; METEOR ECHOS; METEOR RADARS; METEOR WIND RADAR; MOMENTUM FLUX; MONTE CARLO; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA; RADIAL VELOCITY; REASONABLE ACCURACY; WIND MEASUREMENT;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; GRAVITY WAVE; INTERFEROMETRY; METEOR; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION; RADAR; WIND VELOCITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77955190101     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044086     Document Type: Article

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