Observations of tidal temperature and wind perturbations in the mesopause region above Urbana. IL (40°N. 88°W)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1207-1210

  Yu, Jirong ^a,c   States, Robert ^a,c   Franke, Steve J ^a,c   Gardner, Chester S ^a,c   Hagan, Maura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; WIND;

DIURNAL HEAT SOURCE; GLOBAL SCALE WAVE MODEL; MESOPAUSE REGION; THERMOSPHERE; TIDAL TEMPERATURE; TIDE AMPLITUDE; TIDE PHASE PROFILE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; LARGE SCALE; MESOPAUSE; SOLAR TIDE;

USA, ILLINOIS, URBANA;

EID: 0031138259     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01023     Document Type: Article

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