Long-term changes of the upper stratosphere as seen by Japanese rocketsondes at Ryori (39°N, 141°E)

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1210-1217

  Keckhut, P ^a   Kodera, K ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (evolution of one atmosphere; pressure, density, and temperature); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (middle atmosphere dynamics)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001509091     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-999-1210-2     Document Type: Article

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