Long-term trends and year-to-year variability of mid-latitude mesosphere/lower thermosphere winds

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 1890-1901

  Portnyagin, Yu I ^a   Merzlyakov, E G ^a   Solovjova, T V ^a   Jacobi, Ch ^b   Kurschner D ^b   Manson, A ^c   Meek, C ^c  

^a Institute of Experimental Meteorology Science and Production Association   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Long term trends; Middle atmosphere; Non linear trends; Radar wind measurements

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; RADAR MEASUREMENT; TIDES; WIND EFFECTS;

ANNUAL MEAN ZONAL; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; RADAR WIND MEASUREMENT;

WIND;

GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MESOSPHERE; SUMMER; THERMOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY; WINTER;

EID: 33751218565     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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