Regional variations of mesospheric gravity-wave momentum flux over Antarctica

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-88

  Espy, P J ^a   Hibbins, R E ^a   Swenson, G R ^b   Tang, J ^b   Taylor, M J ^c   Riggin, D M ^d   Fritts, D C ^d  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Division of NorthWest Research Associates ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSPHERE; WIND MEASUREMENT;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33748973362     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-81-2006     Document Type: Article

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