Intra-seasonal oscillations observed in the MLT region above UK (52°N, 2°W) and ESRANGE (68°N, 21°F)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 21, 2003, Pages

  Pancheva, D ^a   Mitchell, N J ^a   Younger, P T ^a   Muller, H G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; OSCILLATIONS; WIND;

INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATION; MERIDIONAL WINDS;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; MESOSPHERE; OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; KIRUNA; NORRBOTTEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1642379770     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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