Longitudinal variations in planetary wave activity in the equatorial mesosphere

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 51, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 665-674

  Kovalam, S ^a   Vincent, R A ^a   Reid, I M ^a   Tsuda, T ^b   Nakamura, T ^b   Ohnishi, K ^b   Nuryanto, A ^c   Wiryosumarto, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Indonesian National Aeronautic and Space Institute   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; MESOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0033390387     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353224     Document Type: Article

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