Temperatures, densities, and winds in the high latitude (78°N) mesosphere

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 731-740

  Lubken F J ^a   Mullemann A ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR;

ZONAL WINDS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

DENSITY; MESOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0242414612     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00408-3     Document Type: Article

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