Gravity wave climatology and trends in the mesosphere/lower thermosphere region deduced from low-frequency drift measurements 1984-2003 (52.1°N, 13.2°E)

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 1913-1923

  Jacobi, Christoph ^a   Gavrilov, Nikolai M ^b   Kürschner, Dierk ^c   Fröhlich, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c Observatorium Collm   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gravity waves; Lower ionosphere; Middle atmosphere; Wind measurements

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; IONOSPHERE; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES; IONOSPHERIC DRIFTS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; WIND MEASUREMENTS;

ATMOSPHERICS;

CLIMATOLOGY; GRAVITY WAVE; IONOSPHERE; MESOSPHERE; SUMMER; THERMOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 33751207696     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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