QBO influences on the variability of planetary waves in the equatorial mesopause region

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 687-696

  Sridharan, S ^a   Gurubaran, S ^a   Rajaram, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

Author keywords

mesosphere; MLT region; planetary waves; QBO; semi annual oscillation; wave mean flow interaction

Indexed keywords

PLANETARY WAVE;

EID: 20544445837     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352475     Document Type: Article

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