Longitude variations of the solar semidiurnal tides in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere at low latitudes observed from ground and space

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Friedman, Jonathan S ^a   Zhang, Xiaoli ^b   Chu, Xinzhao ^c   Forbes, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a Arecibo Observatory NAIC ^*  (Puerto Rico)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL RADAR;

GLOBAL-SCALE WAVE MODELS; LOCAL TIME; LONGITUDINAL VARIATIONS; MESOPAUSE REGION; MESOSPHERE AND LOWER THERMOSPHERE; PHASE DIFFERENCE; PUERTO RICO; SOUNDING OF THE ATMOSPHERE USING BROADBAND EMISSION RADIOMETRY; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

PHASE MEASUREMENT;

DATA SET; LIDAR; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MESOSPHERE; RADIOMETER; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; SOLAR TIDE; THERMOSPHERE;

ARECIBO; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68749098248     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD011763     Document Type: Article

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