Intercomparisons of HIRDLS, COSMIC and SABER for the detection of stratospheric gravity waves

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1581-1591

  Wright, C J ^a   Rivas, M B ^a   Gille, J C ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSMIC; GRAVITY WAVE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIOMETER; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TRANSFORM; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84857756452     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-1581-2011     Document Type: Article

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