Trends in MLT region winds and planetary waves, Collm (52° N, 15° E)

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1221-1232

  Jacobi, Ch ^a   Hoffmann, P ^a   Karschner, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; SOLAR CYCLE; THERMOSPHERE; WIND MEASUREMENT; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 44449147935     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-1221-2008     Document Type: Article

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