Mesospheric temperature observations at Resolute (75N) in the context of solar flux and quasi-biennial variations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Shepherd, Gordon G ^a   Cho, Young Min ^a   Shepherd, Marianna G ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 77955586507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA015126     Document Type: Article

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