Eight-year climatology of nocturnal temperature and sodium density in the mesopause region (80 to 105 km) over Fort Collins, CO (41°N, 105°W)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 3289-3292

  She, C Y ^a   Chen, S ^a   Hu, Z ^a   Sherman, J ^a   Vance, J D ^a   Vasoli, V ^a   White, M A ^a   Yu, J ^a   Krueger, D A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; SODIUM; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FORT COLLINS; LIDAR OBSERVATION; MEAN TEMPERATURE; MESOPAUSE REGION; MESOPAUSE TEMPERATURES; NOCTURNAL TEMPERATURE; SHARP TRANSITION; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

SODIUM; EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

MESOPAUSE;

MESOPAUSE REGIONS;

EID: 0034352955     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL003825     Document Type: Article

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