Ozone quasi-biennial oscillations (QBO), semiannual oscillations (SAO), and correlations with temperature in the mesosphere, lower thermosphere, and stratosphere, based on measurements from SABER on TIMED and MLS on UARS

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Huang, Frank T ^a   Mayr, Hans G ^b   Reber, Carl A ^c   Russell III, James M ^d   Mlynczak, Martin G ^e   Mengel, John G ^f  

^a Creative Computing Solutions Inc   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^d HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

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EID: 40949131004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012634     Document Type: Article

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