Mesospheric potassium layer over the Arecibo observatory, 18.3°N 66.75°W

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 15-1-15-4

  Friedman, Jonathan S ^a   Collins, Stephen C ^b   Delgado, Rubén ^c   Castleberg, Paul A ^d  

^a ARECIBO OBSERVATORY   (Puerto Rico)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d TOYON RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); OBSERVATORIES; POTASSIUM;

MESOSPHERIC LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MESOSPHERE; POTASSIUM;

EID: 0036522226     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001gl013542     Document Type: Article

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