Long-term variability in mesopause region temperatures over Fort Collins, Colorado (41°N, 105°W) based on lidar observations from 1990 through 2007

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 14-15, 2009, Pages 1558-1564

  She, Chiao Yao ^a   Krueger, David A ^a   Akmaev, Rashid ^b   Schmidt, Hauke ^c   Talaat, Elsayed ^d   Yee, Sam ^d  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^d APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term trends; Long term variability; Mesopause temperatures; Solar response

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; COOLING TRENDS; FORT COLLINS; IONIZED ATMOSPHERES; LIDAR OBSERVATION; LONG-TERM TREND; LONG-TERM TRENDS; LONG-TERM VARIABILITY; MAXIMUM VALUES; MESOPAUSE REGION; MESOPAUSE TEMPERATURES; MESOSPHERE/LOWER THERMOSPHERES; MODEL PREDICTION; MOUNT PINATUBO ERUPTION; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR FLUX; SOLAR RESPONSE; SOLAR-CYCLE EFFECTS; SOUNDING OF THE ATMOSPHERE USING BROADBAND EMISSION RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; THERMOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; COOLING; IONOSPHERE; OPTICAL RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 69249226177     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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