A modeling study of O2 and OH airglow perturbations induced by atmospheric gravity waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Liu, Alan Z ^a   Swenson, Gary R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Airglow; Gravity waves; Mesopause region; Wave dissipation

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; GRAVITY WAVE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MESOPAUSE; MODELING; WAVE DISPERSION;

EID: 1642481007     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002474     Document Type: Article

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