Comparative study of short-term diurnal tidal variability

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 18, 2007, Pages

  Liu, H L ^a,b   Li, T ^c,d   She, C Y ^c   Oberheide, J ^e   Wu, Q ^a,b   Hagan, M E ^a   Xu, J ^b   Roble, R G ^a   Mlynczak, M G ^f   Russell, III ^g  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^f NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; IONOSPHERE; TIDES; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIURNAL VARIATION; INVERSION LAYER; LIDAR; PLANETARY WAVE; TEMPERATURE INVERSION;

EID: 36349033456     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008542     Document Type: Article

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