Tropospheric tides from 80 to 400 km: Propagation, interannual variability, and solar cycle effects

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Oberheide, J ^a   Forbes, J M ^b   Hausler K ^c   Wu, Q ^d   Bruinsma, S L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b University of Colorado   (United States)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e CNES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; SIMULATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; TIDES;

CHALLENGE QUESTIONS; CHALLENGING MINISATELLITE PAYLOADS; DEEP TROPICAL CONVECTION; GEOSPACE; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LOCAL TIME; MLT REGION; MODEL SIMULATION; PHYSICS-BASED; RESEARCH FRONTIERS; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR MAXIMA; SOLAR MINIMA; SOLAR-CYCLE EFFECTS; SPACEBORNE OBSERVATIONS; TEMPERATURE ANALYSIS; TIDAL PROPAGATION; TIDAL WINDS; VERTICAL WIND; WAVE NUMBERS; WEATHER SYSTEMS; ZONAL WIND;

TROPOSPHERE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; ELECTRODYNAMICS; SOLAR CYCLE; THERMOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 72049120109     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012388     Document Type: Article

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