A comparison of mean winds and gravity wave activity in the northern and southern polar MLT

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1475-1478

  Dowdy, Andrew ^a   Vincent, Robert A ^a   Igarashi, Kiyoshi ^b   Murayama, Yasuhiro ^b   Murphy, Damian J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Antarctic Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; RADAR; VELOCITY; WIND;

VERTICAL VELOCITIES;

GEOPHYSICS;

GRAVITY WAVE; MAGNETOSPHERE; MESOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE; WIND;

EID: 0035870410     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012576     Document Type: Article

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