A comparison of hydroxyl rotational temperatures from Davis (69°S, 78°E) with sodium lidar temperatures from Syowa (69°S, 39°E)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Burns, G B ^a   Kawahara, T D ^b   French, W J R ^a   Nomura, A ^b   Klekociuk, A R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDROXYLATION; OPTICAL RADAR; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HYDROXYL ROTATIONAL TEMPERATURES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MESOPAUSE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WINTER;

EID: 0038168975     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016413     Document Type: Article

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