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Neuber et al. 1988
Neuber, R., von Der Gathen, P. and von Zahn, U. (1988). Altitude and temperature of the mesopause at 69°N latitude in winter. Journal of Geophysical Research 93: doi: 10.1029/88JD00242. issn: 0148-0227.

Temperature profiles of the altitude region 80--110 km are derived from the measurement of the Doppler width of the laser-exicted D2 resonance line of free sodium atoms. For the altitude range 85--95 km the altitude resolution, integration time, and error bar of individual temperature points are typically 1 km, 10 min, and ¿5 K, respectively. Temperature data obtained during the two winter seasons 1985/1986 and 1986/1987 near Andenes, Norway (69¿N, 16¿E), are presented. For December--March, 743 temperature profiles are combined into four monthly mean profiles. For each of the 4 months the altitude of the mesopause is found to be 100¿2 km. The mesopause temperature is close to 193 K from December through February but drops to 170 K in March. We found this in both years of our measurements. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1988

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Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Pressure, density, and temperature
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