Gravity waves and wind-shear in the MLT at 23°S

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1472-1477

  Clemesha, Barclay ^a   Batista, Paulo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gravity waves; MLT; Winds

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; METEOR BURST COMMUNICATION; RADAR; WIND EFFECTS;

FLUCTUATING WINDS; METEOR RADAR DATA; MOMENTUM FLUX DETERMINATIONS;

GRAVITY WAVES;

EID: 41349101718     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.03.085     Document Type: Article

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