Vertical heat and constituent transport in the mesopause region by dissipating gravity waves at Maui, Hawaii (20.7°N), and Starfire Optical Range, New Mexico (35°N)

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Liu, Alan Z ^a   Gardner, Chester S ^a  

^a United States of America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSPHERE; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 21544483479     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004965     Document Type: Article

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