The QBO as potential amplifier and conduit to lower altitudes of solar cycle influence

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1071-1092

  Mayr, H G ^a   Mengel, J G ^b   Wolff, C L ^a   Huang, F T ^c   Porter, H S ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c Creative Computing Solutions Inc   (United States)

^d FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; GRAVITY WAVE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSPHERE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SOLAR CYCLE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 34250215692     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-1071-2007     Document Type: Article

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