Observations of equatorial mesospheric winds over Cariri (7.4° S) by a meteor radar and comparison with existing models

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 485-497

  Buriti, R A ^a,b   Hocking, W K ^b   Batista, P P ^c   Medeiros, A F ^a   Clemesha, B R ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUATORIAL WAVE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSPHERE; MODELING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADAR; SEMIANNUAL OSCILLATION; ZONAL WIND;

BRAZIL; CARIRI; CEARA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 41349112331     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-485-2008     Document Type: Article

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