Polar mesosphere and lower thermosphere dynamics: 1. Mean wind and gravity wave climatologies

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Dowdy, Andrew J ^a   Vincent, Robert A ^a   Tsutsumi, Masaki ^b   Igarashi, Kiyoshi ^c   Murayama, Yasuhiro ^c   Singer, Werner ^d   Murphy, Damian J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^e AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; DRAG; GRAVITY WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

GRAVITY WAVE; MESOPAUSE; MESOSPHERE; POLAR MESOSPHERE SUMMER ECHO; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUD; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOSPHERE; WAVE CLIMATE;

EID: 35748964169     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008126     Document Type: Article

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