Seasonal variations of O2 atmospheric and OH(6-2) airglow and temperature at mid-latitudes from SATI observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 819-828

  Lopez Gonzalez M J ^a   Rodriguez E ^a   Wiens, R H ^b   Shepherd, G G ^c   Sargoytchev, S ^c   Brown, S ^c   Shepherd, M G ^c   Aushev, V M ^d   Lopez Moreno J J ^a   Rodrigo, R ^a   Cho, Y M ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; EMISSION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OXYGEN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 11144358275     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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