Retrieval of upper stratospheric and mesospheric temperature profiles from Millimeter-Wave Atmospheric Sounder data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D24, 1998, Pages 31735-31748

  Von Engeln, A ^a,b   Langen, J ^a,b   Wehr, T ^a,b   Buhler S ^a,b   Kunzi K ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 0032573708     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JD200035     Document Type: Article

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