Long-period planetary waves in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere above Davis, Antarctica

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 17-18, 2007, Pages 2118-2138

  Murphy, D J ^a   French, W J R ^a   Vincent, R A ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Dynamics; Mesosphere lower thermosphere; MF radar; Middle atmosphere; Planetary wave

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT FLUX; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

HYDROXYL TEMPERATURE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE;

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 36148948656     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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