Horizontal structure of wind velocity field around the mesopause region derived from meteor radar observations

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 8-11, 2002, Pages 947-958

  Nakamura, T ^a   Morita, S ^a   Tsuda, T ^a   Fukunishi, H ^b   Yamada, Y ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gravity wave; Meteor radar; Middle atmosphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOPAUSE; RADAR; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0036079334     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(02)00049-4     Document Type: Article

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