Climatology of the upper mesosphere temperature above South Pole (90°S): Mesospheric cooling during 2002

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Hernandez, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING; OZONE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

UPPER MESOSPHERE;

GEOPHYSICS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; COOLING; MESOSPHERE; OZONE; POLAR REGION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH POLE;

EID: 0042784180     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003gl016887     Document Type: Article

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