The "wave turbopause"

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 17-18, 2007, Pages 2139-2158

  Offermann, D ^a   Jarisch, M ^a   Schmidt, H ^b   Oberheide, J ^a   Grossmann, K U ^a   Gusev, O ^a   Russell III, J M ^c   Mlynczak, M G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CRISTA; HAMMONIA; Mesosphere; SABER; Turbopause; Wave damping

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; TROPICS; WIND EFFECTS;

MESOSPHERE; TURBOPAUSE; WAVE DAMPING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 36148947176     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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