Observations of the mesospheric semi-annual oscillation (MSAO) in water vapour by Odin/SMR

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 6527-6540

  Lossow, S ^a   Urban, J ^b   Gumbel, J ^a   Eriksson, P ^b   Murtagh, D ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; MESOSPHERE; MIXING; SATELLITE; SEMIANNUAL OSCILLATION; WATER VAPOR; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 56449083176     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-6527-2008     Document Type: Article

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