Strong thermospheric cooling during the 2009 major stratosphere warming

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Liu, Huixin ^a   Doornbos, Eelco ^b   Yamamoto, Mamoru ^c   Tulasi Ram, S ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODETIC SATELLITES; IONOSPHERE;

EQUATORIAL REGIONS; GLOBAL COUPLING; LOCAL TIME; MAXIMUM COOLING; STRATOSPHERIC SUDDEN WARMINGS; THERMOSPHERIC DENSITY;

COOLING;

CHAMP; COOLING; GRACE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLASMA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE; WARMING;

EID: 79959442398     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047898     Document Type: Article

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