Long-term variations of the mesospheric wind field at mid-latitudes

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1779-1790

  Keuer, D ^a   Hoffmann, P ^a   Singer, W ^a   Bremer, J ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; LATITUDE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSPHERE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; WIND FIELD; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 34548324742     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-1779-2007     Document Type: Article

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