The diurnal variation of polar mesospheric cloud frequency near 55°N observed by SHIMMER

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 401-407

  Stevens, Michael H ^a   Englert, Christoph R ^a   Hervig, Mark ^b   Petelina, Svetlana V ^c   Singer, Werner ^d   Nielsen, Kim ^e  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GATS INC   (United States)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^e Computational Physics Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Mesosphere; Noctilucent clouds; Polar mesospheric clouds; Tides

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; TIDES;

ARCTIC; DIURNAL CYCLES; DIURNAL VARIATIONS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENTS; LOCAL TIME; MERIDIONAL WINDS; MESOSPHERE; NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUDS; SPATIAL HETERODYNE; TANGENT POINTS;

CLOUDS;

EID: 62149112233     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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