First results on daytime mesopause OH rotational temperatures using ground-based photometry from equatorial latitudes

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 1131-1142

  Sridharan, R ^a   Taori, Alok ^a   Gurubaran, S ^b   Rajaram, R ^b   Shepherd, M G ^c  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0033512559     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(99)00062-0     Document Type: Article

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