Structural changes in trend parameters of the MLT winds based on wind measurements at Obninsk (55°N, 37°E) and Collm (52°N, 15°E)

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 14-15, 2009, Pages 1547-1557

  Merzlyakov, E G ^a   Jacobi, Ch ^b   Portnyagin, Yu I ^a   Solovjova, T V ^a  

^a Institute of Experimental Meteorology Science and Production Association   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mesosphere and lower thermosphere; Structural changes; Trends; Wind

Indexed keywords

BREAK-POINTS; CLIMATIC REGIMES; GENERAL METHOD; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; LONG-TERM BEHAVIOR; MESOSPHERE AND LOWER THERMOSPHERE; MESOSPHERE/LOWER THERMOSPHERES; OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS; PREVAILING WINDS; STRAIGHT LINES; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; STRUCTURAL CHANGES; TREND MODEL; TRENDS; WIND MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; WIND;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 69249235537     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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