Evidence of tidal perturbations in the middle atmosphere over southern tropics as deduced from LIDAR data analyses

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 1979-1988

  Morel, Béatrice ^a   Bencherif, Hassan ^a   Keckhut, Philippe ^b   Baldy, Serge ^a   Hauchecorne, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Analysis methods; LIDAR measurements; Middle atmospheric tides; Nighttime temperature evolution

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; LIDAR; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

REUNION;

EID: 0036883612     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(02)00223-7     Document Type: Article

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