Longitudinal variation of tides in the MLT region: 1. Tides driven by tropospheric net radiative heating

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Xiaoli ^a   Forbes, Jeffrey M ^a   Hagan, Maura E ^b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 77954405599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014897     Document Type: Article

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