Evidence for thermospheric gravity waves in the southern polar cap from ground-based vertical velocity and photometric observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 533-543

  Innis, J L ^a   Greet, P A ^a   Dyson, P L ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics thermospheric dynamics; Waves and tides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035592504     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-533-2001     Document Type: Article

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