Morphology of turbulence in the polar summer mesopause region during the MIDAS/SOLSTICE campaign 2001

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2069-2074

  Mullemann A ^a   Rapp, M ^a   Lubken F J ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLOUDS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ROCKETS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

SUMMER MESOPAUSE;

SPACE RESEARCH;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MESOPAUSE; POLAR MESOSPHERE SUMMER ECHO; REMOTE SENSING; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0043011075     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00230-8     Document Type: Article

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