Modes of variability of the vertical temperature profile of the middle atmosphere at mid-latitude: Similarities with solar forcing

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 75-76, Issue , 2012, Pages 92-97

  Keckhut, Philippe ^a   Hauchecorne, Alain ^a   Kerzenmacher, Tobias ^a,b   Angot, Guillaume ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Lidar; Sun; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS TEMPERATURE; DAILY TEMPERATURES; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; LARGE PARTS; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVES; POTENTIAL MECHANISM; RADIOSONDE DATAS; SOLAR FORCING; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ATMOSPHERICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GRAVITY WAVES; OPTICAL RADAR; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; SUN; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84856192643     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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