Noctilucent clouds observed from the UK and Denmark – Trends and variations over 43 years

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1243-1254

  Kirkwood, S ^a   Dalin, P ^a   Rachou, A ^b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; PLANETARY WAVE; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUD; SOLAR CYCLE; ZONAL WIND;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 44449172114     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-1243-2008     Document Type: Article

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