A comparative study of winds and tidal variability in the mesosphere/lower-thermosphere region over Bulgaria and the UK

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1304-1315

  Pancheva, D ^a,b   Mukhtarov, P ^a   Mitchell, N J ^b   Beard, A G ^b   Muller, H G ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (middle atmosphere dynamics; waves and tides)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141725207     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-000-1304-3     Document Type: Review

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