MF radar observations of the diurnal tide over Syowa, Antarctica (69° S, 40° E)

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2653-2659

  Tomikawa, Y ^a   Tsutsumi, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSPHERE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADAR; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SYOWA STATION;

EID: 75149144019     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-2653-2009     Document Type: Article

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