Long term variations in the frequency of polar mesospheric clouds in the Northern Hemisphere from SBUV

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Shettle, E P ^a   DeLand, M T ^b   Thomas, G E ^c   Olivero, J J ^d  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

DATA RECORDS; DIURNAL VARIATIONS; FREQUENCY RANGING; LOCAL TIME; LONG-TERM VARIATIONS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; ORBITAL DRIFTS; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUDS; SOLAR ACTIVITIES; SOLAR MAXIMUM; SOLAR MINIMUM; TIME LAGS;

FREQUENCY BANDS;

DIURNAL VARIATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MESOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLAR REGION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 62149136456     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036048     Document Type: Article

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