Equatorial waves in High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS) data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Alexander, M J ^a   Ortland, D A ^a  

^a NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; COASTAL ZONES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TROPICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANNUAL CYCLE; BACKGROUND WINDS; CIRRUS FORMATION; EQUATORIAL ROSSBY WAVES; EQUATORIAL WAVES; FOURIER TRANSFORM ANALYSIS; HEIGHT STRUCTURE; HIGH-RESOLUTION DYNAMICS LIMB SOUNDERS; INTERANNUAL CYCLES; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; KELVIN WAVE PROPAGATION; KELVIN WAVES; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; ROSSBY-GRAVITY WAVE; STRATOSPHERIC WINDS; TEMPERATURE AMPLITUDE; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE LAYERS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; WAVE MODES; WAVE NUMBERS;

GRAVITY WAVES;

DATA INTERPRETATION; EQUATORIAL WAVE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GRAVITY WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; WESTERLY;

EID: 78650950157     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014782     Document Type: Article

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