Observed episodic warming at 86 and 100 km between 1990 and 1997: Effects of Mount Pinatubo eruption

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 497-500

  She, C Y ^a   Thiel, Steven W ^a   Krueger, David A ^a  

^a Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VOLCANOES;

LEAST SQUARES FITTING; LIDAR OBSERVATION; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MESOPAUSE REGION; MOUNT PINATUBO ERUPTION; RESIDUAL TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOL;

OPTICAL RADAR; CLIMATOLOGY;

EPISODIC WARMING; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WARMING;

EID: 0032004685     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00178     Document Type: Article

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