Radar observations of long-term variability of mesosphere and lower thermosphere winds over Tirunelveli (8.7°N, 77.8°E)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  Sridharan, S ^a   Tsuda, T ^b   Gurubaran, S ^c  

^a NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MESOSPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RADAR IMAGERY; SATELLITE DATA; THERMOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU; TIRUNELVELI;

EID: 38949184211     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008669     Document Type: Article

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