Observation of a quasi 16-day oscillation in the polar summer mesospheric temperature

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1071-1074

  Espy, P J ^a   Witt, G ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; FORECASTING; GEOPHYSICS; INTERFEROMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND;

HYDROXYL NIGHT GLOW SPECTRA; POLAR SUMMER MESOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; RADAR WIND MEASUREMENT; ROSSBY NORMAL MODES; ROTATIONAL TEMPERATURE ANALYSIS; SCANDINAVIA;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCES;

HYDROXYL; MESOSPHERE; NOCTILUCENT CLOUD; POLAR SUMMER; QUASI BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; TEMPERATURE;

SCANDINAVIA;

MESOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MODEL PREDICTION; NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS; NORMAL MODES; ROTATIONAL BAND; SCANDINAVIA; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; WIND MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0030136076     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01068     Document Type: Article

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