On the disappearance of noctilucent clouds during the January 2005 solar proton events

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  von Savigny, C ^a   Sinnhuber, M ^a   Bovensmann, H ^a   Burrows, J P ^a   Kallenrode, M B ^b   Schwartz, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROTONS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS; SOLAR PARTICLE PRECIPITATION; SOLAR PROTON FLUXES;

CLOUDS;

ENVISAT-1; MESOPAUSE; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUD; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WARMING;

EID: 34548028941     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028106     Document Type: Article

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