The cold winters of the middle 1990s in the northern lower stratosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D12, 1999, Pages 14209-14222

  Pawson, Steven ^a,c   Naujokat, Barbara ^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

AIR TEMPERATURE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD; STRATOSPHERE; WINTER;

EID: 0032733068     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900211     Document Type: Article

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