Stepwise changes in stratospheric temperature

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2157-2160

  Pawson, Steven ^a,c   Labitzke, Karin ^b   Leder, Silke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERE THERMAL STRUCTURE; STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032525750     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL51534     Document Type: Article

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