Atmospheric trends above Finland: I. Mesosphere and thermosphere

Geophysica

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 59-69

  Ulich, Thomas ^a   Turunen, Esa ^a   Karinen, Arto ^a   Kivi, Rigel ^b   Kyrö, Esko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Atmospheric composition and structure; Evolution of the atmosphere; Global change; Ionosphere; Ionosphere atmosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; GLOBAL CHANGE; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0032701072     PISSN: 03674231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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