Atomic oxygen concentrations from rocket airglow observations in the equatorial region

Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 1935-1942

  Melo, Stella M L ^a   Takahashi, Hisao ^a   Clemesha, B R ^a   Batista, Paulo P ^a   Simonich, D M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; ATOMIC OXYGEN; MESOSPHERE; OXYGEN PROFILE;

EID: 0030424114     PISSN: 00219169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9169(95)00192-1     Document Type: Article

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