Gravity wave amplitudes and momentum fluxes inferred from OH airglow intensities and meteor radar winds during SpreadFEx

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2361-2369

  Vargas, F ^a   Gobbi, D ^a   Takahashi, H ^a   Lima, L M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (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; AURORA; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSPHERE; MOMENTUM; PLASMA; RADAR; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WIND FIELD;

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

EID: 75149197943     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-2361-2009     Document Type: Article

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