Long-term changes of mesospheric summer echoes at polar and middle latitudes

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 1940-1951

  Bremer, J ^a   Hoffmann, P ^a   Hoffner J ^a   Latteck, R ^a   Singer, W ^a   Zecha, M ^a   Zeller, O ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mesosphere; Noctilucent clouds; Polar and middle latitudes; Radar echoes; Solar and geomagnetic activity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; GEOMAGNETISM; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOLAR RADIATION;

GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY; NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS; PLANETARY WAVE ACTIVITY; RADAR ECHOES; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

GEOMAGNETISM; NOCTILUCENT CLOUD; POLAR MESOSPHERE SUMMER ECHO; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 33750976939     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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