Planetary waves observed by TIMED/SABER in coupling the stratosphere-mesosphere-lower thermosphere during the winter of 2003/2004: Part 1-Comparison with the UKMO temperature results

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-74

  Pancheva, D ^a,b   Mukhtarov, P ^a   Andonov, B ^a   Mitchell, N J ^b   Forbes, J M ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Stationary; Sudden stratospheric warming; Wave mean flow interaction; Zonally symmetric and travelling planetary waves

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERICS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

DATA ANALYSIS METHODS; LOWER THERMOSPHERES; NONMIGRATING TIDES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SATELLITE DATUMS; SPATIAL STRUCTURES; STATIONARY; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS; SUDDEN STRATOSPHERIC WARMING; TEMPERATURE DATUMS; TEMPERATURE FIELDS; TEMPORAL EVOLUTIONS; ZONALLY SYMMETRIC AND TRAVELLING PLANETARY WAVES;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 58149214152     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.09.016     Document Type: Article

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