The 1997 PMSE season - Its relation to wind, temperature and water vapour

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1867-1870

  Kirkwood, S ^a   Barabash, V ^a   Chilson, P ^a   Rechou A ^a   Stebel, K ^a   Espy, P ^b   Witt, G ^b   Stegman, J ^b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; VAPORS; WIND; IONOSPHERE;

WATER VAPORS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; WATER VAPOR;

POLAR MESOSPHERE SUMMER ECHO; TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOUR; WIND;

NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS; POLAR MESOSPHERE SUMMER ECHOES; SIMULTANEOUS OBSERVATION; STRATOSPHERIC WINDS; THREE PARAMETERS; WATER VAPOUR; WINTER CONDITIONS;

EID: 0032098330     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98gl01243     Document Type: Article

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