Simulations of mesospheric and thermospheric IR radiance measured in the CIRRIS-1A shuttle experiment

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 1397-1410

  Adler Golden, S ^a   Smith, D R ^b   Vail, J ^c   Berk, A ^a   Nadile, R ^b   Jeong, L ^b  

^a SPECTRAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED RADIATION; MESOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 0033510734     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(99)00096-6     Document Type: Article

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