Satellite detection of orographic gravity-wave activity in the winter subtropical stratosphere over Australia and Africa

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Eckermann, S D ^a   Wu, D L ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; NASA; SENSORS; TROPICS;

AQUA SATELLITES; ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; AUSTRAL WINTER; AUSTRALIA; AVERAGING TECHNIQUE; DETECTION LIMITS; MOUNTAIN RANGES; SATELLITE DETECTION; SATELLITE SENSORS; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; SIGNAL TO NOISE; VARYING BACKGROUND; VERTICAL VARIATION;

SATELLITES;

GRAVITY WAVE; MOUNTAIN; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PARAMETERIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE SENSOR; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WAVE ACTION; WAVELENGTH; WINTER;

AFRICA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84868616901     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053791     Document Type: Article

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