Dynamical and chemical aspects of the mesospheric Na 'wall' event on October 9, 1993 during the Airborne Lidar and Observations of Hawaiian Airglow (ALOHA) campaign

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D6, 1998, Pages 6361-6380

  Swenson, G R ^a   Qian, J ^a   Plane, J M C ^b   Espy, P J ^c   Taylor, M J ^c   Turnbull, D N ^d   Lowe, R P ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSPHERE; SODIUM LAYER;

HALEAKALA; HAWAII; MAUI; USA;

ELECTRA;

EID: 0032571205     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JD03379     Document Type: Article

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