Mesospheric temperature inversions over the Indian tropical region

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3375-3382

  Fadnavis, S ^a   Beig, G ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (pressure; density and temperature); Ionosphere (Ionosphere atmosphere interactions; ionospheric disturbances)

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; MESOSPHERE; OZONE; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; GADANKI; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU; WORLD;

EID: 10644284711     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-3375-2004     Document Type: Article

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