Mesosphere inversion layers and stratosphere temperature enhancements

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Meriwether, John W ^a   Gerrard, Andrew J ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravity wave coupling; Mesosphere inversion layer; Sodium wind and temperature lidar; Stratosphere temperature enhancement

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; INVERSION LAYER; MESOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 10644234366     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003RG000133     Document Type: Article

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