Implications of variations in the 15-μm CO2 band cooling in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere associated with current climatologies of the atomic oxygen mixing ratio

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue D2, 1996, Pages 4041-4055

  Fomichev, V I ^a,c   Ward, W E ^b   McLandress, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC OXYGEN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSTITUENT-DRIVEN CONVECTIVE PROCESS; DEACTIVATION RATE CONSTANT; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LOCAL HEATING RATE; MIXING RATIO;

EID: 0029750342     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JD01922     Document Type: Article

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