Morphological features and variations of temperature in the upper thermosphere simulated by a whole atmosphere GCM

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 427-437

  Fujiwara, H ^a   Miyoshi, Y ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Climatology; Thermospheric dynamics; Waves and tides)

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; LATITUDE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 76749083334     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-28-427-2010     Document Type: Article

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