The summertime 12-h wind oscillation with zonal wavenumber s = 1 in the lower thermosphere over the South Pole

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 828-837

  Portnyagin, Y I ^a   Forbes, J M ^b   Makarov, N A ^a   Merzlyakov, E G ^a   Palo, S ^b  

^a Institute of Experimental Meteorology Science and Production Association   (Russian Federation)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343873477     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005850050652     Document Type: Article

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