Solar cycle changes to planetary wave propagation and their influence on the middle atmosphere circulation

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-76

  Arnold, N F ^a,b   Robinson, T R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics climatology; Middle atmosphere dynamics; Waves and tides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040636413     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-997-0069-3     Document Type: Article

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