The role of sodium bicarbonate in the nucleation of noctilucent clouds

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 807-814

  Plane, J M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (aerosols and particles; cloud physics and chemistry; middle atmosphere composition and chemistry)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007914880     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-000-0807-2     Document Type: Article

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