A numerical study of the effect of gravity-wave propagation on minor species distributions in the mesopause region

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Xu, Jiyao ^a   Smith, A K ^b   Ma, Ruiping ^a  

^a CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Composition; Diurnal variation; Gravity wave; Mesopause; Nonlinear model; Photochemical reaction

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOPAUSE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 1642538400     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd001570     Document Type: Article

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