Multi-instrument derivation of 90 km temperatures over Svalbard (78°N 16°E)

Radio Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Hall, C M ^a   Aso, T ^b   Tsutsumi, M ^b   Hoffner J ^c   Sigernes, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Mesosphere; Temperatures

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; PRESSURE; SPECTROMETERS; TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE DYNAMICS; RADIO SCIENCE;

ATMOSPHERICS;

EID: 13444260841     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004RS003069     Document Type: Article

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