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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-5633-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-5633-2012
Research article
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28 Jun 2012
Research article |  | 28 Jun 2012

Impacts of the January 2005 solar particle event on noctilucent clouds and water at the polar summer mesopause

H. Winkler, C. von Savigny, J. P. Burrows, J. M. Wissing, M. J. Schwartz, A. Lambert, and M. García-Comas

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Subject: Clouds and Precipitation | Research Activity: Atmospheric Modelling | Altitude Range: Mesosphere | Science Focus: Physics (physical properties and processes)
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