Wavelet analysis on transient behaviour of tidal amplitude fluctuations observed by meteor radar in the lower thermosphere above Bulgaria

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 316-331

  Pancheva, D ^a,b   Mukhtarov, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (middle atmosphere dynamics; waves and tides); Radio science (nonlinear phenomena)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034402455     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-000-0316-3     Document Type: Article

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