Gravity wave intensity and momentum fluxes in the mesosphere over Shigaraki, Japan (35°N, 136°E) during 1986-1997

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 834-843

  Gavrilov, N M ^a   Fukao, S ^b   Nakamura, T ^b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ionospheric disturbances); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (middle atmosphere dynamics; waves and tides)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001141828     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-000-0834-z     Document Type: Article

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