Comparison of long-term Moscow and Danish NLC observations: Statistical results

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2841-2849

  Dalin, P ^a   Kirkwood, S ^a   Andersen, H ^b   Hansen, O ^b   Pertsev, N ^c   Romejko, V ^d  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b The Danish Association for NLC Research   (Denmark)

^c OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^d Moscow Association for NLC Research   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; MESOPAUSE; NOCTILUCENT CLOUD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; STATISTICAL CONCEPT; TIME SERIES; WEATHER;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; MOSCOW [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; NORTHERN EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 37849188199     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-2841-2006     Document Type: Article

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