Simulation of tides with a spectral mesosphere/lower thermosphere model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 2173-2176

  Akmaev, Rashid A ^a   Forbes, Jeffrey M ^a   Hagan, Maura E ^b,c  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT TRANSFER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERE TIDES; MOLECULAR VISCOSITY; OZONE ABSORPTION; PARAMETRIZATIONS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEMI DIURNAL TIDE; SOLAR RADIATION ABSORPTION; SPECTRAL MESOSPHERE LOWER THERMOSPHERE MODEL; THERMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

DISSIPATION; GRAVITY WAVE; ION DRAG; MESOSPHERE; MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SMLTM; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOSPHERE; TIDAL FORCING; TIDE SIMULATION; UARS;

EID: 0030207046     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01977     Document Type: Article

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