Global variability of mesospheric temperature: Mean temperature field

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

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

  Shepherd, Marianna G ^a   Evans, Wayne F J ^b   Hernandez, G ^c   Offermann, Dirk ^d   Takahashi, Hisao ^e  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Global variability; Mesospheric temperature; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; MESOSPHERE; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 14844315005     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005054     Document Type: Article

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