Observations of the 5-day wave in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 3-5, 2006, Pages 323-339

  Riggin, Dennis M ^a   Liu, Han Li ^b   Lieberman, Ruth S ^a   Roble, Raymond G ^b   Russell III, James M ^c   Mertens, Christopher J ^d   Mlynczak, Martin G ^d   Pancheva, Dora ^e   Franke, Steven J ^f   Murayama, Yasuhiro ^g   Manson, Alan H ^h   Meek, Chris E ^h   Vincent, Robert A ⁱ  

^a Northwest Research Associates ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^f University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

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

^h UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

5 day wave; Middle atmosphere; Planetary wave; Thermosphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND;

MESOSPHERE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; PERTURBATION TEMPERATURES; PLANETARY WAVE; THERMOSPHERE;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; MESOSPHERE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 32144441676     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2005.05.010     Document Type: Article

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