Variations of the temperatures in the mesopause and lower thermospheric region with solar activity

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1663-1668

  Fadel, Kh ^a   Semenov, A I ^b   Shefov, N N ^b   Sukhodoev, V A ^b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GAS EMISSIONS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; RADAR; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

THERMOSPHERE;

SPACE RESEARCH;

CLIMATE VARIATION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MESOPAUSE; OXYGEN; SODIUM; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 0347682383     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)90460-1     Document Type: Article

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