Climatology of planetary wave type oscillations with periods of 2-20 days derived from O2 atmospheric and OH(6-2) airglow observations at mid-latitude with SATI

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3645-3662

  Lopez Gonzalez M J ^a   Rodriguez E ^a   Garcia Comas M ^a   Costa, V ^a   Shepherd, M G ^b   Shepherd, G G ^b   Aushev, V M ^c   Sargoytchev, S ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Institute of Ionosphere   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (Airglow and aurora; Pressure, density, and temperature); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Waves and tides)

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; DISSIPATION; MESOSPHERE; OSCILLATION; OXYGEN; PLANETARY WAVE; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 79955469096     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-3645-2009     Document Type: Article

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