Intraseasonal oscillations of the zonal wind near the mesopause observed with medium-frequency and meteor radars in the tropics

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 21, 2004, Pages

  Isoda, Fusako ^a,b   Tsuda, Toshitaka ^a   Nakamura, Takuji ^a   Vincent, R A ^c   Reid, I M ^c   Achamd, Effendy ^d   Sadewo, Adi ^e   Nuryanto, Agus ^e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d National Institute of Aeronautics and Space   (Indonesia)

^e National Aeronautics and Space Agency   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Convective processes; Mesospheric dynamics; Middle atmosphere; Tropical meteorology; Wave propagation; Waves and tides

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; TROPICAL REGION; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 13244295833     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JD003378     Document Type: Article

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