A case study of gravity waves in noctilucent clouds

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1875-1884

  Dalin, P ^a   Kirkwood, S ^a   Mostrom A ^a   Stebel, K ^a   Hoffmann, P ^b   Singer, W ^b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (aerosols and particles; middle atmosphere composition and chemistry); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (middle atmosphere dynamics; waves and tides)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE; NOCTILUCENT CLOUD; RADAR IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 3242890092     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-1875-2004     Document Type: Article

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