Long-term variations in the centroid height of the atmospheric sodium layer

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1707-1711

  Clemesha, Barclay Robert ^a   Batista, Paulo Prado ^a   Simonich, Dale Martin ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; OPTICAL RADAR; SODIUM; STATISTICAL METHODS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

SOLAR CYCLES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COOLING; SODIUM; SOLAR CYCLE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0346421344     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)90466-2     Document Type: Article

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