Seasonal and local time variability of ripples from airglow imager observations in US and Japan

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1401-1408

  Yue, J ^a   Nakamura, T ^b   She, C Y ^c   Weber, M ^c   Lyons, W ^d   Li, T ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^d FMA Research Incorporated   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; AMPLITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; AURORA; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DETECTION METHOD; GRAVITY WAVE; IMAGERY; LIDAR; MESOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; RIPPLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMOSPHERE; WAVELENGTH;

COLORADO; FORT COLLINS; JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954357079     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-28-1401-2010     Document Type: Article

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