Planetary wave coupling (5-6-day waves) in the low-latitude atmosphere-ionosphere system

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-122

  Pancheva, D V ^a   Mukhtarov, P J ^b   Mitchell, N J ^a   Fritts, D C ^c   Riggin, D M ^c   Takahashi, H ^d   Batista, P P ^d   Clemesha, B R ^d   Gurubaran, S ^e   Ramkumar, G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^c CoRA/North West Research Associates ^*  (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^e Indian Institute for Geomagnetism   (India)

^f INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

5 day normal mode; Dynamo electric currents; Kelvin waves; Modulated tides; Stratosphere mesosphere ionosphere coupling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; IONOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

DYNAMO ELECTRIC CURRENTS; KELVIN WAVES; MODULATED TIDES; PLANETARY WAVE COUPLING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 37349085873     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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