Seasonal and quasi-biennial variations in the migrating diurnal tide observed by Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Xu, Jiyao ^b   Smith, A K ^c   Liu, H L ^c   Yuan, W ^b   Wu, Qian ^c   Jiang, Guoying ^b   Mlynczak, M G ^d   Russell III, J M ^e   Franke, S J ^a  

^a United States of America   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); RADAR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

DIURNAL TIDES; DOPPLER INTERFEROMETERS; HORIZONTAL WINDS; MERIDIONAL WINDS; METEOR RADARS; MIGRATING DIURNAL TIDE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PERIODIC VARIATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SOUNDING OF THE ATMOSPHERE USING BROADBAND EMISSION RADIOMETRY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERIC WINDS; TIDAL VARIATIONS; TROPICAL REGIONS; VERNAL EQUINOX; WIND DATA;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIURNAL VARIATION; EASTERLY WAVE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RADAR IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL REGION; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 70349312978     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008jd011298     Document Type: Article

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