Seasonal variabilities of low-latitude mesospheric winds

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-204

  Rajaram, R ^a   Gurubaran, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

Author keywords

General circulation; Meteorological and atmospheric dynamics; Middle atmosphere dynamics; Waves and tides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542445060     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-0197-4     Document Type: Article

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