Trends of airglow imager observations near Adelaide, Australia

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 587-590

  Hecht, J H ^a   Walterscheid, R L ^a   Woithe, J ^b   Campbell, L ^b   Vincent, R A ^b   Reid, I M ^b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; GRAVITY WAVES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PHOTOMETERS;

AIRGLOW; MEINEL BAND; NIGHTGLOW IMAGER; SEASONAL CHANGES;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIRGLOW; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOPAUSE; SEASONAL CHANGE;

AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, ADELAIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC BAND; MESOPAUSE REGION; ROTATIONAL TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SEMIANNUAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATURE DATA;

EID: 0031102924     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00128     Document Type: Article

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