Sodium lidar measurements of waves and instabilities near the mesopause during the DELTA rocket campaign

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1131-1137

  Williams, Biff P ^a   Fritts, D C ^a   Vance, J D ^b   She, C Y ^b   Abe, Takumi ^c   Thrane, Eivind ^d  

^a Colorado Research Associates Division ^*  (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gravity waves; Instabilities; Mesopause dynamics; Temperature structure

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DENSITY; GRAVITY WAVE; LIDAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; REMOTE SENSING; THERMOSPHERE; WIND; INSTABILITY; MESOPAUSE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 33750607445     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352002     Document Type: Article

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