Absolute density measurements in the middle atmosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 571-580

  Rapp, M ^a   Gumbel, J ^b   Lubken F J ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Instruments and techniques; Middle atmosphere composition and chemistry; Pressure, density, and temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035632408     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-571-2001     Document Type: Article

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