Ground-based observations of noctilucent clouds with a northern hemisphere network of automatic digital cameras

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1460-1472

  Dalin, P ^a,b   Pertsev, N ^c   Zadorozhny, A ^d   Connors, M ^e   Schofield, I ^e   Shelton, I ^e   Zalcik, M ^f   McEwan, T ^g   McEachran, I ^g   Frandsen, S ^h   Hansen, O ⁱ   Andersen, H ⁱ   Sukhodoev, V ^c   Perminov, V ^c   Romejko, V ^j  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^c OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^d NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f NLC CAN AM Network   (Canada)

^g NLC NET   (United Kingdom)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

ⁱ The Danish Association for NLC Research   (Denmark)

^j Moscow Association for NLC Research   (Russian Federation)

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Author keywords

Mesospheric dynamics; Noctilucent clouds; Tides and planetary waves

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CAMERAS; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; DIGITAL CAMERAS; VIDEO CAMERAS; WAVES;

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; ELSEVIER (CO); GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; GROUND BASED OBSERVATIONS; LATITUDE (CO); NOCTILUCENT CLOUD (NLC); NORTHERN HEMISPHERE (NH); PLANETARY WAVES; SHORT PERIODS; VARIATIONS OF;

CLOUDS;

EID: 48149107698     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.04.018     Document Type: Article

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