Characteristics of mesospheric gravity waves near the magnetic equator, Brazil, during the SpreadFEx campaign

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 461-472

  Taylor, M J ^a   Pautet, P D ^a   Medeiros, A F ^b   Buriti, R ^b   Fechine, J ^b   Fritts, D C ^c   Vadas, S L ^c   Takahashi, H ^d   Sao Sabbas F T ^d  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^c CoRA Division ^*  (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (Airglow and aurora); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Middle atmosphere dynamics; Waves and tides)

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DATA SET; F REGION; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BRASILIA; BRAZIL; CARIRI; CEARA; FEDERAL DISTRICT [BRAZIL];

EID: 75149188434     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-461-2009     Document Type: Article

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