Investigation of Kelvin waves in the Stratosphere using formosat-3/cosmic temperature data

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 89, Issue A, 2011, Pages 83-96

  Pan, C J ^a   Uma, Das ^a   Yang, S S ^a   Wong, C J ^b   Lai, H C ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; FORMOSAT-2; GPS; KELVIN WAVE; PHASE VELOCITY; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRATOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 79957700473     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2011-A05     Document Type: Article

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