Longitudinal variability of the mesopause SAO

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1991-1994

  Smith, Anne K ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; OSCILLATIONS; REMOTE SENSING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; HIGH RESOLUTION; LONGITUDINAL VARIATIONS; SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS; SOUTH AMERICA; TROPICAL EASTERLIES; VARIABLE PHASE; WESTERLY WINDS;

IONOSPHERE; WIND;

MESOPAUSE SEMI ANNUAL OSCILLATION (SAO); WAVENUMBER PATTERN;

MESOPAUSE; OSCILLATION; SEMI-ANNUAL;

EID: 0031200843     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01998     Document Type: Article

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