Nonmigrating tidal signals in the upper thermospheric zonal wind at equatorial latitudes as observed by CHAMP

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2643-2652

  Hausler K ^a   Luhr H ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Thermospheric dynamics; Waves and tides)

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DATA SET; ORBIT DETERMINATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THERMOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 72049132772     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-2643-2009     Document Type: Article

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