Long-term variability in the mesospheric tidal winds observed by MF radar over Tirunelveli (8.7°N, 77.8°E)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1113-1116

  Gurubaran, S ^a   Rajaram, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

MESOSPHERIC TIDAL WINDS; TIRUNELVELI;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; RADAR;

ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; MESOSPHERE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION;

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LONG-TERM VARIABILITY; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; TIDAL WINDS; TIRUNELVELI;

EID: 0033560534     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900171     Document Type: Article

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