Modelling the impact of noctilucent cloud formation on atomic oxygen and other minor constituents of the summer mesosphere

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1027-1038

  Murray, B J ^a,b   Plane, J M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 17644366143     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-5-1027-2005     Document Type: Article

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