Long-term trends of MLT region winds over Central Europe

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 31, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 16-21

  Jacobi, Ch ^a   Kurschner D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric trends; Middle atmosphere dynamics; Radar wind measurements; Solar cycle

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRAVITY WAVES; OSCILLATIONS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC TRENDS; MESOSPHERE/LOWER THERMOSPHERE (MLT) WINDS; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE DYNAMICS; SOLAR CYCLE;

WIND;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; MESOSPHERE; RADAR IMAGERY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOLAR CYCLE; THERMOSPHERE; TREND ANALYSIS; WIND MEASUREMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33646419019     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2005.01.004     Document Type: Article

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