Mapping gravity waves and turbulence in the stratosphere using satellite measurements of stellar scintillation

Physica Scripta T

Volumn T142, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sofieva, V F ^a   Gurvich, A S ^b   Dalaudier, F ^c  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR DENSITY; ENVISAT SATELLITE; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; HIGH FREQUENCY DEVICES; INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES; ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHODS; MEAN VALUES; NEW APPROACHES; OUTER SCALE; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SCINTILLATION MEASUREMENTS; SPECTRAL MODELS; STRUCTURE CHARACTERISTIC; TURBULENCE SPECTRUM; TURBULENCE STRUCTURES; TWO-COMPONENT;

AIR; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; STARS; TURBULENCE; WAVES;

SCINTILLATION;

EID: 79551587540     PISSN: 02811847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/2010/T142/014043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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