Planetary wave coupling in the middle atmosphere (20-90 km): A CUJO study involving TOMS, MetO and MF radar data

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1103-1121

  Chshyolkova, T ^a   Manson, A H ^a   Meek, C E ^a   Avery, S K ^b   Thorsen, D ^c   MacDougall, J W ^d   Hocking, W ^d   Murayama, Y ^e   Igarashi, K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Middle atmospheric dynamics; waves and tides)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; RADAR IMAGERY;

EID: 23644456383     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-1103-2005     Document Type: Article

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