Trends in mesospheric turbulence at 70°N

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 80-84

  Hall, Chris M ^a   Brekke, A ^a   Manson, A H ^b   Meek, C E ^b   Nozawa, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate; Mesosphere; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MESOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE; TURBULENCE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 36749065515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.156     Document Type: Article

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