Solar cycle signatures in the NCEP equatorial annual oscillation

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3225-3235

  Mayr, H G ^a   Mengel, J G ^b,c   Huang, F T ^c   Nash, E R ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Climatology; Middle atmosphere dynamics; Waves and tides)

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANNUAL CYCLE; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR CYCLE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 73849143890     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-3225-2009     Document Type: Article

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