Planetary waves and variability of the semidiurnal tide in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere over Esrange (68°N, 21°E) during winter

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A8, 2004, Pages

  Pancheva, Dora V ^a   Mitchell, Nicholas J ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MLT region dynamics; Nonlinear interactions; Tidal variability; Waves and tides

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549131633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010433     Document Type: Article

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