Convection: The likely source of the medium-scale gravity waves observed in the OH airglow layer near Brasilia, Brazil, during the SpreadFEx campaign

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 231-259

  Vadas, S L ^a   Taylor, M J ^b   Pautet, P D ^b   Stamus, P A ^a   Fritts, D C ^a   Liu, H L ^c   Sao Sabbas F T ^d   Rampinelli, V T ^d   Batista, P ^d   Takahashi, H ^d  

^a NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Airglow and aurora; Atmospheric composition and structure; General or miscellaneous

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; AURORA; F REGION; GRAVITY WAVE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MODELING; THERMOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE;

BRASILIA; BRAZIL; FEDERAL DISTRICT [BRAZIL];

EID: 66449122052     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-231-2009     Document Type: Article

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