O(1S), OH, and O2(b) airglow layer perturbations due to AGWs and their implied effects on the atmosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Vargas, Fabio ^a,b   Swenson, Gary ^a   Liu, Alan ^a   Gobbi, Delano ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; SIMULATION; VERTICAL PROFILE; WAVE DAMPING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 34548759699     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007642     Document Type: Article

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