Properties of internal planetary-scale inertio gravity waves in the mesosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3421-3435

  Mayr, H G ^a   Mengel, J G ^b   Talaat, E R ^c   Porter, H S ^d   Chan, K L ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (general circulation; middle atmosphere dynamics; waves and tides)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSPHERE;

EID: 10644251766     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-3421-2004     Document Type: Article

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