Stratospheric and mesospheric temperature variations for the quasi-biennial and semiannual (QBO and SAO) oscillations based on measurements from SABER (TIMED) and MLS (UARS)

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2131-2149

  Huang, F T ^a   Mayr, H G ^b   Reber, C A ^b   Russell, J M ^c   Mlynczak, M ^d   Mengel, J G ^e  

^a Creative Computing Solutions Inc   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; MESOSPHERE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SEMIANNUAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33751094031     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-2131-2006     Document Type: Article

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