Temperatures and horizontal winds in the Antarctic summer mesosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1-13

  Lübken, Franz Josef ^a   Müllemann, Arno ^a   Jarvis, Martin J ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic mesosphere; Horizontal winds; Temperatures

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; MESOSPHERE; POLAR MESOSPHERE SUMMER ECHO; WIND MEASUREMENT; ZONAL WIND;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

EID: 14744303694     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005133     Document Type: Article

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