Acoustic waves in the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere generated by deep tropical convection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A11, 2003, Pages

  Walterscheid, R L ^a   Schubert, G ^a,b   Brinkman, D G ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic waves; Hector event; Mesospheric dynamics; Thermospheric dynamics; Trapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905347566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010065     Document Type: Article

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