Decreases in atomic hydrogen over the summer pole: Evidence for dehydration from polar mesospheric clouds?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Siskind, David E ^a   Marsh, Daniel R ^b   Mlynczak, Martin G ^c   Martin Torres, F Javier ^d   Russell III, James M ^e  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d ANALYTICAL SERVICES AND MATERIALS INC   (United States)

^e HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATOMS; CLOUDS; DEWATERING; HYDROGEN; WATER VAPOR;

ATOMIC HYDROGEN; BROADBAND EMISSION RADIOMETRY; GLOBAL MODELING; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUDS; POLAR REGIONS;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

DEHYDRATION; PARAMETERIZATION; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUD; THERMOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 53749108067     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033742     Document Type: Article

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