Infrasound from tropospheric sources: Impact on mesopause temperature?

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 816-822

  Pilger, C ^a   Bittner, M ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic heating; Infrasound; Mesopause airglow; Planetary waves

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC HEATING; INFRASOUND; LOW-PRESSURE AREA; MESOPAUSE AIRGLOW; MESOPAUSE TEMPERATURES; MODELING STRUCTURES; PLANETARY WAVE ACTIVITY; PLANETARY WAVES; POTENTIAL SOURCES; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION;

HEATING; THUNDERSTORMS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ACOUSTICS;

EID: 67349169557     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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