Seasonal behavior of the semidiurnal and diurnal tides, and mean flows at 95 km, based on measurements from the High Resolution Doppler Imager (HRDI) on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Huang, Frank T ^a   Reber, Carl A ^b  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric mesospheric mean flows; Atmospheric mesospheric tides; Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) HRDI

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; DIURNAL VARIATION; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; UARS; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 17144442273     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003189     Document Type: Article

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