Mesospheric Na layer at 40°N: Modeling and observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D3, 1999, Pages 3773-3788

  Plane, John M C ^a   Gardner, Chester S ^b,g   Yu, Jirong ^c   She, C Y ^d   Garcia, Rolando R ^e   Pumphrey, Hugh C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MESOSPHERE; SODIUM;

COLORADO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033585993     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JD100015     Document Type: Article

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