The potassium density and temperature structure in the mesopause region (80-105 km) at a low latitude (28°N)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 24-1-24-4

  Fricke Begemann, C ^a   Hoffner J ^a   von Zahn, U ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); OPTICAL RADAR; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POTASSIUM; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MESOPAUSE REGIONS;

GEOPHYSICS;

LIDAR; MESOPAUSE; POTASSIUM; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0037113542     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl015578     Document Type: Article

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