Vertically stacked temperature disturbances near the equatorial stratopause as seen in cryogenic limb array etalon spectrometer data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D16, 1998, Pages 19469-19483

  Hayashi, Hiroo ^a   Shiotani, Masato ^a   Gille, John C ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SPECTROSCOPY; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0032572955     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD01730     Document Type: Article

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