Tidal variability in the lower thermosphere: Comparison of Whole Atmosphere Model (WAM) simulations with observations from TIMED

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Akmaev, Rashid A ^a   Fuller Rowell, T J ^a   Wu, F ^a   Forbes, J M ^b   Zhang, X ^b   Anghel, A F ^a   Iredell, M D ^c   Moorthi, S ^c   Juang, H M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of Colorado   (United States)

^c CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PLANETARY WAVES; THERMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; IONOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; SIMULATION; THERMOSPHERE; TIDE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41849098125     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032584     Document Type: Article

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