Diurnal tides from the troposphere to the lower mesosphere as deduced from TIMED/SABER satellite data and six global reanalysis data sets

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Sakazaki, T ^a   Fujiwara, M ^a   Zhang, X ^b   Hagan, M E ^c   Forbes, J M ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; IONOSPHERE; RESEARCH; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECTS; ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH REANALYSIS; BACKGROUND TEMPERATURE; BROADBAND EMISSION RADIOMETRY; CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRIES; CLIMATE FORECASTS; DATA SETS; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; DIURNAL TEMPERATURES; DIURNAL TIDES; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY; MIDLATITUDES; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; REANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SHORT-TERM VARIATIONS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WAVE NUMBERS;

ATMOSPHERICS;

AMPLITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENERGETICS; MESOSPHERE; SAMPLING; SATELLITE DATA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEATHER FORECASTING; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 84864050003     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD017117     Document Type: Article

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