Transient eastward-propagating long-period waves observed over the South Pole

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1486-1500

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Middle atmospheric dynamics; waves and tides)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542421261     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-1486-7     Document Type: Article

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