Comment on "are noctilucent clouds truly a 'Miner's Canary' for global change?"

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Volumn 84, Issue 36, 2003, Pages

  Thomas, Gary E ^a   Olivero, John J ^b   Deland, Matthew ^c   Shettle, Eric P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 13244268889     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003EO360008     Document Type: Note

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