The mesopause altitude: Only two distinctive levels worldwide?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 3231-3234

  Von Zahn, U ^a,b   Hoffner J ^a,b   Eska, V ^a,b   Alpers, M ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; CLIMATOLOGY; DOPPLER EFFECT; OPTICAL RADAR; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ALTITUDE RANGE; BIMODAL CHARACTERS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; MESOPAUSE TEMPERATURES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OBSERVATION SERIES; RESONANCE LINE; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

EARTH SCIENCES; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

MESOPAUSE ALTITUDE; SHIPBORNE LIDAR;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALTITUDE; MESOPAUSE;

EID: 0030282911     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03041     Document Type: Article

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