Springtime transitions in mesopause airglow and dynamics: Photometer and MF radar observations in the Scandinavian and Canadian sectors

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 8-11, 2002, Pages 1131-1146

  Manson, A H ^a   Meek, C E ^a   Stegman, J ^b   Espy, P J ^c   Roble, R G ^d   Hall, C M ^e   Hoffmann, P ^f   Jacobi, C ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^f LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mesopause springtime transitions; Photometers radars

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; MESOPAUSE; PHOTOMETER; RADAR; SPRING (SEASON);

CANADA; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 0036078135     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(02)00064-0     Document Type: Article

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