Water vapor of the polar middle atmosphere: Annual variation and summer mesosphere conditions as observed by ground-based microwave spectroscopy

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1517-1520

  Seele, Cord ^a   Hartogh, Paul ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; MICROWAVES; OBSERVATORIES; PHOTOLYSIS; RADAR STATIONS; RADIOMETERS; SPECTROSCOPY; VAPORS; WATER; IONOSPHERE; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY;

NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS; POLAR MESOSPHERE SUMMER ECHOES;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; POLAR REGION; WATER VAPOR;

ANNUAL VARIATIONS; HIGH LATITUDES; MEASURING TECHNIQUE; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS; POLAR MESOSPHERE SUMMER ECHOES; WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO;

EID: 0033153681     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900315     Document Type: Article

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