Springtime transition in upper mesospheric temperature in the Northern Hemisphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 8-11, 2002, Pages 1183-1199

  Shepherd, M G ^a   Espy, P J ^b   She, C Y ^c   Hocking, W ^d   Keckhut, P ^e   Gavrilyeva, G ^f   Shepherd, G G ^a   Naujokat, B ^g  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^f YU G SHAFER INSTITUTE OF COSMOPHYSICAL RESEARCH AND AERONOMY   (Russian Federation)

^g FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airglow; Upper mesosphere

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRGLOW; INTERFEROMETER; MESOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPRING (SEASON);

EID: 0036077339     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(02)00068-8     Document Type: Article

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