Solar tides as revealed by measurements of mesosphere temperature by the MLS experiment on UARS

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1776-1797

  Forbes, Jeffrey M ^a   Wu, Dong ^b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

MESOSPHERE; MESOSPHERE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR TIDES; THERMOSPHERE; TIDAL WINDS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH SATELLITE (UARS);

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MESOSPHERE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; SOLAR TIDE; UARS;

EID: 33746923973     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3724.1     Document Type: Article

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