Negligible long-term temperature trend in the upper atmosphere at 23°S

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Clemesha, Barclay R ^a   Simonich, Dale M ^a   Batista, Paulo P ^a   Vondrak, Tomas ^b   Plane, John M C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric sodium layer; Global trend

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COOLING; MESOSPHERE; SODIUM; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 2642540085     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd004243     Document Type: Article

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