Small-comet "atmospheric holes" are instrument noise

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 3713-3716

  Mozer, F S ^a   McFadden, J P ^a   Sircar, I ^a   Vernetti, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTRUMENT NOISE; POLAR IMAGERS;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; IMAGE SENSORS; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; RADIATION BELTS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 0032193224     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02572     Document Type: Article

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