Horizontal winds in the mesosphere at high latitudes

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1890-1894

  Müllemann, Arno ^a   Lübken, Franz Josef ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Horizontal winds; Mesosphere; Polar latitudes; Tides

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; TIDES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ANTARTICA; HORIZONTAL WINDS; MESOSPHERE; POLAR ALTITUDES;

WIND;

EID: 25844486045     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2004.11.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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