A report on long-term trends and variabilities in middle atmospheric temperature over Gadanki (13.5°N, 79.2°E)

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1463-1470

  Sridharan, S ^a   Vishnu Prasanth, P ^a   Bhavani Kumar, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Long term trends; Middle atmosphere; Rayleigh lidar; Semiannual oscillation; Solar cycle; Temperature

Indexed keywords

LONG-TERM TRENDS; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; RAYLEIGH LIDAR; SEMIANNUAL OSCILLATION; SOLAR CYCLE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERICS; COOLING; IONOSPHERE; OPTICAL RADAR; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 68249106896     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.09.017     Document Type: Article

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