Upper mesosphere temperatures in summer: WINDII observations and comparisons

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 357-360

  Shepherd, M G ^a   Dudhia, A ^b   Lopez Puertas M ^c   Evans, W F J ^d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; OPTICAL RADAR; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; INTERFEROMETERS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

HIGH LATITUDES; INFRARED RADIANCES; MIDLATITUDES; RAYLEIGH LIDAR; TEMPERATURE DECREASE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH SATELLITES; WIND IMAGING INTERFEROMETER;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

WIND IMAGING INTERFEROMETER (WINDII);

EID: 0031073222     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00187     Document Type: Article

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