Wave-4 pattern of the equatorial mass density anomaly: A thermospheric signature of tropical deep convection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Liu, Huixin ^a   Yamamoto, Mamoru ^a   Lühr, Hermann ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

A-DENSITY; DEEP CONVECTION; DIP EQUATOR; DIURNAL TIDES; EQUATORIAL IONIZATION ANOMALY; IN-PHASE; ION DRAG; LATITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION; LATITUDINAL STRUCTURES; LOWER THERMOSPHERE; MASS DENSITIES; NEUTRAL DENSITIES; NEUTRAL WINDS; PEAK AMPLITUDE; PHASE LAGS; PHASE REVERSAL; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; THERMAL BUDGET; TROUGH REGION;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; F REGION; IONIZATION; THERMOSPHERE; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 72149114595     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039865     Document Type: Article

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