Modeling the temperature of the polar mesopause region: Part I-Inter-annual and long-term variations generated by the stratospheric QBO

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 497-507

  Mayr, Hans G ^a   Mengel, John G ^b   Huang, Frank T ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Inter annual variations; Middle atmosphere dynamics; Polar mesospheric clouds (PMC); Quasi biennial oscillation (QBO); Theoretical modeling; Wave interactions

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); DIGITAL STORAGE; DYNAMICS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

INTER-ANNUAL VARIATIONS; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE DYNAMICS; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUDS (PMC); QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION (QBO); THEORETICAL MODELING; WAVE INTERACTIONS;

OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 62549122474     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.09.033     Document Type: Article

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