Antarctic NAT belt caused by mountain waves
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MIPAS detects Antarctic stratospheric belt of NAT PSCs caused by mountain waves M. Höpfner, N. Larsen, R. Spang, B. P. Luo, J. Ma, S. H. Svendsen, S. D. Eckermann, B. Knudsen, P. Massoli, F. Cairo, G. Stiller, T. v. Clarmann, and H. Fischer Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung, Karlsruhe, Germany Danish Meteorological Institute, Middle Atmosphere Research Division, Copenhagen, Denmark Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institut für Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphäre, Jülich, Germany Institut für Atmosphäre und Klima, ETH-Hönggerberg, Zürich, Switzerland Computational Physics, Inc., Springfield, VA, USA E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, USA Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze dell’Atmosfera e del Clima, Rome, Italy
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