Thermospheric infrared radiance response to the April 2002 geomagnetic storm from SABER infrared and GUVI ultraviolet limb data

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5235, Issue , 2004, Pages 250-263

  Winick, Jeremy R ^a   Mlynczak, M G ^b   Wintersteiner, P P ^c   Martin Torres, F J ^d   Picard, R H ^a   Paxton, L ^e   Lopez Puertas, M ^f   Russell, J M ^g   Christensen, A ^h   Gordley, L ⁱ  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c ARCON CORPORATION   (United States)

^d A S and M Corp

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^g HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

ⁱ GATS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric heating; Aurora; CO 2; Infrared cooling; Infrared radiance; NO; Thermosphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HEATING; AURORA; CO2; INFRARED COOLING; THERMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COOLING; HEATING; INFRARED RADIATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

GEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 11144356606     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.515982     Document Type: Conference Paper

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