Neutral air turbulence and temperatures in the vicinity of polar mesosphere summer echoes

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 15, 2002, Pages ACL-9-1-ACL-9-10

  Lübken, Franz Josef ^a   Rapp, Markus ^a   Hoffmann, Peter ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold mesopause; PMSE; Radars and sounding rockets; Summer mesosphere; Temperatures (thermal structure) in the upper atmosphere; Turbulence (neutral and plasma)

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GRAVITY WAVES; RADAR MEASUREMENT; ROCKETS; TURBULENCE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

POLAR MESOSPHERE SUMMER ECHO;

EID: 9444256797     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000915     Document Type: Article

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