Meteor wind radar observations of gravity wave momentum fluxes and their forcing toward the mesospheric semiannual oscillation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Antonita, T Maria ^a   Ramkumar, Geetha ^a   Kumar, Karanam Kishore ^a   Deepa, V ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GRAVITY WAVES; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; WIND;

ESTIMATION METHOD; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADAR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIANNUAL OSCILLATION; THERMOSPHERE; WIND MEASUREMENT; ZONAL WIND;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA; THIRUVANANTHAPURAM;

EID: 48749087399     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009089     Document Type: Article

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