Observations of the quasi-2-day wave in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere over Yamagawa and Wakkanai

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 16, 2002, Pages

  Namboothiri, S P ^a   Kishore, P ^a   Igarashi, K ^a  

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

Author keywords

2 day wave; Climatology; MF radar; MLT dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448939086     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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