Climatological features of mesosphere and lower thermosphere stationary planetary waves within ±40° latitude

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue D17, 2002, Pages

  Forbes, J M ^a   Zhang, X ^a   Ward, W ^b   Talaat, E R ^c  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

mesosphere dynamics; stationary planetary waves; thermosphere dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444250999     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001232     Document Type: Article

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