Indications for a long-term temperature change in the polar summer middle atmosphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-137

  Blum, U ^a   Fricke, K H ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lidar; Polar middle atmosphere; Temperature change

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLOUDS; GRAVITY WAVES; METEOROLOGY;

MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE TEMPERATURE; NORWAY; POLAR MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 37349103154     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2007.09.015     Document Type: Article

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