Midlatitude mesosphere/lower thermosphere meridional winds and temperatures measured with meteor radar

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1278-1283

  Jacobi, Ch ^a   Frohlich K ^a   Viehweg, C ^b   Stober, G ^a   Kurschner D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam   (Germany)

^c Institute of Geophysics and Geology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mesosphere lower thermosphere; Planetary waves; Radar temperatures; Radar winds

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WIND;

MERIDIONAL TEMPERATURES; MERIDIONAL WINDS; MESOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVES; RADAR TEMPERATURES; THERMOSPHERE;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 34250323835     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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