Rapid, large-scale temperature changes in the polar mesosphere and their relationship to meridional flows

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Espy, P J ^a   Hibbins, R E ^a   Jones, G O L ^a   Riggin, D M ^b   Fritts, D C ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b North West Research Associates ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROXYLATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; IONOSPHERE; PHASE SHIFTERS;

WINTER SEASON; ADIABATIC HEATING; MERIDIONAL FLOWS; MESOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MESOSPHERIC WINDS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; PHASE SHIFT;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; MESOSPHERE; POLAR METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 0041699833     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl016452     Document Type: Article

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