Perturbations of the sodium layer: Controlled by chemistry or dynamics?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Xu, Jiyao ^a   Smith, A K ^b  

^a CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GRAVITY WAVES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

CHEMICAL LIFETIME; RELAXATION TIME; AIR MOTION; CHEMICAL SYSTEMS; DOMINANT PROCESS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENVECTORS; MESOSPHERIC SODIUM LAYER; SODIUM LAYER;

GEOPHYSICS; SODIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MESOSPHERE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RESIDENCE TIME; SODIUM;

EID: 1242277759     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018040     Document Type: Article

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