Meteor radar observations of short-term tidal variabilities in the low-latitude mesosphere-lower thermosphere: Evidence for nonlinear wave-wave interactions

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

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

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b Department of Physics Mohandas Engineering College ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; IONOSPHERE; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; IONOSPHERE; MESOSPHERE; NONLINEAR WAVE; PLANETARY WAVE; RADAR; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; THERMOSPHERE; TIDAL CYCLE; WAVELET ANALYSIS; ZONAL WIND; DIURNAL VARIATION; WIND MEASUREMENT;

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

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; IONOSPHERE; RADAR; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

BI-SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; DAY-TO-DAY VARIABILITY; DIP EQUATOR; DIURNAL TIDES; EQUATORIAL IONOSPHERE; MERIDIONAL WINDS; MESOSPHERE-LOWER THERMOSPHERES; METEOR RADARS; MLT REGION; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; NONLINEAR WAVES; PLANETARY WAVES; SECONDARY WAVES; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL COMPONENTS; TIDAL MODULATION;

NONLINEAR ANALYSIS;

EID: 56249130112     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009610     Document Type: Article

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