A reexamination of the role of solar heating in the O2 atmospheric and infrared atmospheric bands

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 657-660

  Mlynczak, Martin G ^a   Marshall, Benjamin T ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b G and A Technical Software Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIABATIC HEATING; OXYGEN ATMOSPHERIC BAND; SOLAR RADIATION ABSORPTION;

EID: 0029773826     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00145     Document Type: Article

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