Characteristics of instabilities in the mesopause region over Maui, Hawaii

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Li, Feng ^a   Liu, Alan Z ^b   Swenson, Gary R ^b  

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

^b United States of America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CONVECTION; INSTABILITY; MESOPAUSE;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21544445914     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005097     Document Type: Article

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