Lidar observations of sodium density depletions in the presence of polar mesospheric clouds

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-92

  Thayer, Jeffrey P ^a   Pan, Weilin ^b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous chemistry; Mesospheric sodium; Polar mesospheric clouds

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ICE; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTOLYSIS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; STATISTICAL METHODS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

HETEROGENEOUS CHEMISTRY; MESOSPHERIC SODIUM; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUDS; SODIUM BICARBONATE;

CLOUDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLOUD PHENOMENA; ICE CRYSTAL; LIDAR; MESOSPHERE; NOCTILUCENT CLOUD; SODIUM;

EID: 30344469073     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2005.08.012     Document Type: Article

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