Meteor wind radar observations of tidal amplitudes over a low-latitude station Trivandrum (8.5°N, 77°E): Interannual variability and the effect of background wind on diurnal tidal amplitudes

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2005-2013

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

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dynamics; Atmospheric tides; Semiannual oscillation; Wave meanflow interaction

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; RADAR; TIDES;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TIDES; BACKGROUND WINDS; DIURNAL TIDES; HORIZONTAL WINDS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITIES; LOWER ATMOSPHERES; LOWER THERMOSPHERES; METEOR WIND RADARS; MLT REGIONS; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIABILITIES; SEMIANNUAL OSCILLATION; SEMIANNUAL OSCILLATIONS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 56049091723     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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