Long term variations in the mesospheric mean flow observed at Grahamstown (South Africa) and Adelaide (Australia)

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 1745-1754

  Malinga, S B ^a,c   Poole, L M G ^a   Vincent, R A ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Gravity waves; Mean prevailing wind; Stationary planetary waves

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SATELLITES; WIND;

CORIOLIS FORCE; MESOSPHERICS; STATIONARY WAVES;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 10144222035     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2004.07.038     Document Type: Article

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