Comparison of mesospheric and lower thermospheric residual wind with High Resolution Doppler Imager, medium frequency, and meteor radar winds

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D22, 2000, Pages 27023-27035

  Lieberman, R S ^a   Smith, A K ^b,m   Franke, S J ^c   Vincent, R A ^d   Isler, J R ^e,f   Manson, A H ^g   Meek, C E ^g   Fraser, G J ^h   Fahrutdinova, A ⁱ   Thayaparan, T ^j,k   Hocking, W ^j   MacDougall, J ^j   Nakamura, T ^l   Tsuda, T ^l  

^a Northwest Research Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f WAGNER COLLEGE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

ⁱ KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^k DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^l Radio Atmospheric Science Center   (Japan)

^m NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 0034490772     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900363     Document Type: Review

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