Gravity wave packet effects on chemical exothermic heating in the mesopause region

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A12, 2003, Pages

  Hickey, Michael P ^a,c   Huang, Tai Yin ^a,d,e   Walterscheid, Richard ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exothermic heating; Gravity waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747051518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009363     Document Type: Article

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