Measurements of the dynamical cooling rate associated with the vertical transport of heat by dissipating gravity waves in the mesopause region at the Starfire Optical Range, New Mexico

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D14, 1998, Pages 16909-16926

  Gardner, Chester S ^a   Yang, Weimin ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; GRAVITY WAVE; HEAT TRANSFER; MESOPAUSE;

EID: 0032572635     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD00683     Document Type: Article

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