On the tropospheric origin of Mesosphere Lower Thermosphere region intraseasonal wind variability

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Kumar, Karanam Kishore ^a   Antonita, T M ^a   Ramkumar, G ^a   Deepa, V ^a   Gurubaran, S ^b   Rajaram, R ^b  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; GRAVITY WAVES; METEOROLOGY; TIDES; TROPOSPHERE; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WIND;

CONVECTION; MESOSPHERE; OSCILLATION; THERMOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 34250340512     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007962     Document Type: Article

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