Significant upper thermospheric contribution to the O (1S) 557.7 nm dayglow emission: First based evidence

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 121-128

  Taori, Alok ^a   Sridharan, R ^b   Chakrabarty, D ^a   Modi, N K ^a   Narayanan, R ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

557.7 nm green line emission; Dayglow; Mesosphere thermosphere dynamics

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; MESOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 0037238289     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(02)00289-4     Document Type: Article

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