Trends in the mesopause region temperature and our present understanding-an update

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 31, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 3-9

  Beig, Gufran ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Airglow; Energetics; Mesopause; Mesosphere; Temperature trends

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AIRGLOW; MESOPAUSE REGION TEMPERATURE; MESOSPHERE AND LOWER THERMOSPHERE (MLT); TEMPERATURE TRENDS; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATIC REGION; MESOPAUSE; MESOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646509407     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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