Atmospheric stability and gravity wave dissipation in the mesopause region

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 8-11, 2002, Pages 923-929

  Gardner, Chester S ^a   Zhao, Yucheng ^b   Liu, Alan Z ^a  

^a United States of America   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective instability; Dynamic stability; Gravity wave dissipation; Na lidar; Semi diurnal tides

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVE; LIDAR; MESOPAUSE; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 0036078044     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(02)00047-0     Document Type: Article

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