Mesospheric planetary wave effects on global PMC variability inferred from AIM-CIPS and TIMED-SABER for the northern summer 2007 PMC season

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 381-391

  Merkel, Aimee W ^a   Rusch, David W ^a   Palo, Scott E ^b   Russell III, James M ^c   Bailey, Scott M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesospheric dynamics; Mesospheric temperature; Planetary waves; Polar mesospheric clouds

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; DYNAMICS; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; IONOSPHERE; NITRIC OXIDE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CLOUD IMAGING; DYNAMICAL STATE; MAXIMUM AMPLITUDES; MESOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; MESOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MIGRATING DIURNAL TIDES; NON-LINEAR INTERACTIONS; NORMAL MODES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OUT-OF-PHASE; PHASE RELATIONSHIPS; PLANETARY WAVE ACTIVITIES; PLANETARY WAVES; POLAR MESOSPHERES; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUDS; SOUNDING OF THE ATMOSPHERE USING BROADBAND EMISSION RADIOMETRIES; STUDENT NITRIC OXIDE EXPLORERS; TEMPERATURE DATUM; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITIES; THERMOSPHERE IONOSPHERES; WAVE FEATURES; WAVE NUMBERS; ZONAL VARIABILITIES; ZONAL VARIATIONS; ZONAL-MEAN ZONAL WINDS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 62149122055     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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