Articles | Volume 13, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-9543-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-9543-2013
Research article
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27 Sep 2013
Research article |  | 27 Sep 2013

The diurnal and semidiurnal tides over Ascension Island (° S, 14° W) and their interaction with the stratospheric quasi-biennial oscillation: studies with meteor radar, eCMAM and WACCM

R. N. Davis, J. Du, A. K. Smith, W. E. Ward, and N. J. Mitchell

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