Spectral characteristics of spring arctic mesosphere dynamics

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1607-1618

  Hall, C M ^a   Manson, A H ^b   Meek, C E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (middle atmosphere dynamics; turbulence; waves and tides)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007703132     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-1607-3     Document Type: Article

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