Aspects of Weather and Space Weather in the Earth's Upper Atmosphere: The Role of Internal Atmospheric Waves"The International Science Lecture Series is a special project of the National Research Council's (NRC) Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications. Teh series was established in 1990 at the request of the Office of Naval research (ONR). The purpose of the series is to advance communication and cooperation within the international scientific community"--Preface. |
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