Investigation of saturated gravity waves in the tropical lower atmosphere using radiosonde observations

Radio Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Guharay, A ^a   Venkat Ratnam, M ^b   Nath, D ^b   Dumka, U C ^c  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c ARYABHATTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OBSERVATIONAL SCIENCES ARIES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY COMPONENTS; GROUND BASED; LOWER ATMOSPHERE; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MERIDIONAL WINDS; RADIOSONDE DATAS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SPECTRAL SLOPES; WAVE ACTIVITY; WAVE ANALYSIS; WAVE NUMBERS; WAVENUMBER SPECTRA; ZONAL WIND;

ATMOSPHERICS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; RADIOSONDES; TROPOSPHERE; WAVES;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

EID: 78649512173     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010RS004372     Document Type: Article

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