Solar cycle signature and secular long-term trend in OH airglow temperature observations at South Pole, Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Azeem, S M I ^a   Sivjee, G G ^a   Won, Y I ^a   Mutiso, Charles ^a  

^a EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547940870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011475     Document Type: Article

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