Simulation of hot oxygen effects on ground-based Fabry-Perot determinations of thermospheric temperatures

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A6, 2003, Pages

  Sipler, D P ^a   Biondi, M A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

F region; Fabry Perot interferometer; Hot oxygen; Ionosphere; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 15544367660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA009911     Document Type: Article

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