The prevailing convective activity over tropics and subtropical regions acts as an important source for the generation of GW. Reunion Island (21°S, 55°E) is located in sub-tropics where a large number of convective phenomena occur. Hence, the GW studies at Reunion Island may contribute to a better understanding of middle atmospheric on seasonal and long term scales. A recorded high resolution Rayleigh lidar measurements for the present study. Temperature profiles are derived from raw photon count profiles and for the 30-90 km height range, with a vertical resolution of 300 m. The obtained temperature profiles are further subjected to extract and delineate the GW features
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Sivakumar, V, Bencherif, H and Faduilhe, D. 2006. Lidar observation of middle atmospheric gravity wave activity over a southern sub-tropical station, Reunion Island (21°S; 55°E). 36th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Beijing, 16-23 July 2006, pp 25
Sivakumar, V., Bencherif, H., & Faduilhe, D. (2006). Lidar observation of middle atmospheric gravity wave activity over a southern sub-tropical station, Reunion Island (21°S; 55°E). 6th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2892
Sivakumar, V, H Bencherif, and D Faduilhe. "Lidar observation of middle atmospheric gravity wave activity over a southern sub-tropical station, Reunion Island (21°S; 55°E)." (2006): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2892
Sivakumar V, Bencherif H, Faduilhe D, Lidar observation of middle atmospheric gravity wave activity over a southern sub-tropical station, Reunion Island (21°S; 55°E); 6th COSPAR Scientific Assembly; 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2892 .