Latitudinal wave coupling of the stratosphere and mesosphere during the major stratospheric warming in 2003/2004

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 467-483

  Pancheva, D ^a,b   Mukhtarov, P ^b   Mitchell, N J ^a   Andonov, B ^b   Merzlyakov, E ^c   Singer, W ^d   Murayama, Y ^e   Kawamura, S ^e   Xiong, J ^f   Wan, W ^f   Hocking, W ^g   Fritts, D ^h   Riggin, D ^h   Meek, C ⁱ   Manson, A ⁱ  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^c Institute of Experimental Meteorology Science and Production Association   (Russian Federation)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MESOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; SYMMETRY; WARMING; WAVE; WIND MEASUREMENT;

ARCTIC;

EID: 41349108507     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-467-2008     Document Type: Article

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