Long term behaviour of the MLT quasi-7-day wave at two radar-sites at northern polar latitudes

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1616-1628

  Hocking, Wayne K ^a   Kishore Kumar, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Meteor radar; MLT; Planetary waves; Polar latitude

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND WINDS; LONG TERM BEHAVIOURS; METEOR RADARS; MLT; PHASE PROPAGATION; PLANETARY WAVES; POLAR LATITUDE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOURCE MECHANISMS; WAVE PERIOD; YELLOWKNIFE;

RADAR;

EID: 79961028926     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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