On temperature inversions and the mesospheric surf zone

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 19, 2002, Pages ACL-8-1-ACL-8-11

  Sassi, F ^a   Garcia, R R ^a   Boville, B A ^a   Liu, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Planetary waves; Temperature inversions

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CLIMATE MODELING; MESOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; TEMPERATURE INVERSION;

EID: 36448994411     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001525     Document Type: Article

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