Is the polar mesosphere the miner's canary of global change?

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 149-158

  Thomas, G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; NOCTILUCENT CLOUD; POLAR MESOSPHERE;

EID: 0029510374     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0273-1177(95)00855-9     Document Type: Article

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