Mean winds and tides in the Arctic mesosphere and lower thermosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A1, 2002, Pages

  Mitchell, N J ^a   Pancheva, D ^a   Middleton, H R ^a   Hagan, M E ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

3332 meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Mesospheric dynamics; 3384 meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Waves and tides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038102295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA900127     Document Type: Article

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