Abstract: Data from the Microwave Limb Sounder instrument on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite are used to compare two periods of Kelvin wave activity during different stages of the equatorial quasi-biennial oscillation. The ...

Abstract: The first two years of MLS temperature and ozone data are used to examine the tropical upper-stratospheric SAO. Time series analysis revealed that the strongest amplitudes of the SAO occurred near the equator at 2 mb for ...

Abstract: Results for the residual circulation in the stratosphere and lower mesosphere between September 1991 and August 1994 are reported. This circulation is diagnosed by applying an accurate radiative transfer code to temperature, ...