Weather in mesospheric ice layers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Berger, U ^a   Lubken F J ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

FREEZE DRYING; MESOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WIND FLUCTUATIONS;

ICE;

MESOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; WEATHER;

EID: 33645639443     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024841     Document Type: Article

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