The dynamical background of polar mesosphere winter echoes from simultaneous EISCAT and ESRAD observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1239-1247

  Belova, E ^a   Kirkwood, Sheila ^a   Ekeberg, J ^a   Osepian, A ^b   Haggstrom I ^c   Nilsson, H ^a   Rietveld, M ^c  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c EISCAT SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (Middle atmosphere composition and chemistry); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Middle atmosphere dynamics); Radio science (Ionospheric physics)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE;

EID: 23744445648     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-1239-2005     Document Type: Article

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