Stratospheric and mesospheric cooling trend estimates from U.S. rocketsondes at low latitude stations (8°S-34°N), taking into account instrumental changes and natural variability

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 447-459

  Keckhut, P ^a   Schmidlin, F J ^b   Hauchecorne, A ^a   Chanin, M L ^a  

^a INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; COOLING; INSTRUMENTATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WARMING;

EID: 0032801602     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(98)00139-4     Document Type: Article

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