Gravity waves in the mesopause region observed by meteor radar, 2: Climatologies of gravity waves in the Antarctic and Arctic

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 875-884

  Beldon, C L ^a   Mitchell, N J ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Arctic; Dynamics; Gravity waves; Mesosphere and lower thermosphere; Meteor radar

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ANTARCTIC; ARCTIC; LOWER THERMOSPHERE; MESOPAUSE REGION; MESOSPHERE AND LOWER THERMOSPHERE; METEOR RADAR; METEOR RADARS; WAVE ACTIVITY; WAVEFIELD;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; RADAR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WAVES;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

EID: 66949140536     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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