Global estimates of gravity wave parameters from GPS radio occultation temperature data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Wang, L ^a   Alexander, M J ^a  

^a Colorado Research Associates Division NorthWest Research Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; DATA HANDLING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; IONOSPHERE; MOMENTUM; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVES;

ALTITUDE RANGE; ANALYSIS METHOD; CHALLENGING MINISATELLITE PAYLOADS; CONSTELLATION OBSERVING SYSTEM FOR METEOROLOGY , IONOSPHERE , AND CLIMATES; CORIOLIS PARAMETER; GLOBAL CIRCULATION; GLOBAL ESTIMATE; GPS DATA; GRAVITY WAVE PARAMETERS; GW PROPAGATION; HIGH VERTICAL RESOLUTION; INTRINSIC FREQUENCY; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; MIXING PROCESS; MOMENTUM FLUX; PROPAGATION DIRECTION; RADIO OCCULTATIONS; RADIOSONDE DATAS; SEPARATE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; SPATIAL DIMENSION; STOKES PARAMETERS; STORM TRACK; TEMPERATURE AMPLITUDE; TEMPERATURE DATA; TEMPERATURE PERTURBATIONS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TEMPERATURE SOUNDINGS; THREE DIMENSIONS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL FLUXES; WAVE FLUX; WAVE REFRACTION; WAVELET METHODS; ZONAL MODES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GPS; GRAVITY WAVE; IONOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; MIXING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STORM TRACK; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 78649366814     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD013860     Document Type: Article

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