Propagation characteristics of nighttime mesospheric and thermospheric waves observed by optical mesosphere thermosphere imagers at middle and low latitudes

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 479-491

  Shiokawa, K ^a   Otsuka, Y ^a   Ogawa, T ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airglow image; Gravity wave; Ionosphere; Mesopause region; MSTID; Thermosphere

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GRAVITY WAVE; IONOSPHERE; MESOPAUSE; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDONESIA; JAPAN; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 63149092267     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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