Seasonal variations of the Na and Fe layers at the South Pole and their implications for the chemistry and general circulation of the polar mesosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Gardner, Chester S ^a   Plane, John M C ^b   Pan, Weilin ^a,c   Vondrak, Tomas ^b   Murray, Benjamin J ^b,d   Chu, Xinzhao ^a  

^a United States of America   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; POLAR REGION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; SOUTH POLE; WORLD;

EID: 21444445234     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005670     Document Type: Article

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