Hydroxyl (6-2) airglow emission intensity ratios for rotational temperature determination

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1293-1303

  French, W J R ^a,b   Burns, G B ^a   Finlayson, K ^a   Greet, P A ^a   Lowe, R P ^c   Williams, P F B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (airglow and aurora; pressure, density and temperature)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034364189     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005850000260     Document Type: Article

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