Polar mesospheric clouds: infrared measurements from the midcourse space experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  O'Neil, Robert R ^a   Richards, Edward ^b   Humphrey, Charles H ^c   Stair, A T ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Visidyne Inc   (United States)

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EID: 68949099617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012858     Document Type: Article

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