First results of warm mesospheric temperature over Gadanki (13.5°N, 79.2°E) during the sudden stratospheric warming of 2009

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 14-15, 2010, Pages 1139-1146

  Sridharan, S ^a   Raghunath, K ^a   Sathishkumar, S ^b   Nath, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

Author keywords

Gravity waves; Major sudden stratospheric warming; Meridional circulation; Planetary waves

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL LEVEL; MEAN TEMPERATURE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; PLANETARY WAVES; QUASI-16-DAY WAVES; RAYLEIGH LIDAR; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS; SUDDEN STRATOSPHERIC WARMING; WAVEBREAKING; WAVELET SPECTRUM;

ATMOSPHERICS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL RADAR; WAVES;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

EID: 77955661990     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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