The mesopause region wind field over Central Europe in 2003 and comparison with a long-term climatology

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1981-1986

  Kurschner D ^a   Jacobi, Ch ^b  

^a Institute of Geophysics and Geology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Middle atmosphere; Wind climatology; Wind measurements

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TIDES;

MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; WIND CLIMATOLOGY; WIND MEASUREMENTS;

WIND EFFECTS;

EID: 25844498479     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2004.12.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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