16-day wave observed in the meteor winds at low latitudes in the southern hemisphere

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2615-2620

  Lima, L M ^a   Batista, P P ^b   Clemesha, B R ^b   Takahashi, H ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

16 day wave; Atmospheric dynamics; Mesospheric dynamics; Planetary waves

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; EARTH (PLANET); GALAXIES; RADAR; RADIO WAVES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; MESOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; METEOR; PLANETARY WAVES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33750977250     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.03.033     Document Type: Article

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