Noctilucent clouds and the mesospheric water vapour: The past decade

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 2449-2464

  von Zahn, U ^a   Baumgarten, G ^a   Berger, U ^a   Fiedler, J ^a   Hartogh, P ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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