Interannual and seasonal variations of diurnal tide, gravity wave, ozone, and water vapor as observed by MLS during 1991-1994

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1999-2004

  Wu, Dong L ^a   Jiang, Jonathan H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal tide; Gravity wave; Microwave satellite observations; Ozone; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; OZONE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VAPORS;

DIURNAL TIDE; MICROWAVE SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; WATER VAPOR;

TIDES;

EID: 25844453472     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2004.12.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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