Global structure and long-term variations of zonal mean temperature observed by TIMED/SABER

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Xu, Jiyao ^a   Smith, A K ^b   Yuan, W ^a   Liu, H L ^b   Wu, Qian ^b   Mlynczak, M G ^c   Russell, III ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MESOSPHERE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR CYCLE; STRATOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 49249086216     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008546     Document Type: Article

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