Tidal and layer structure in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere from TIMED/SABER CO2 15-μm emission

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5571, Issue , 2004, Pages 182-192

  Picard, R H ^a   Wintersteiner, P P ^b   Winick, J R ^a   Mertens, C J ^c   Mlynczak, M G ^c   Russell III, J M ^d   Gordley, L L ^e   Ward, W E ^f   She, C Y ^g   O'Neil, R R ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARCON CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GATS INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^g Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric tides; Earthimb; Infrared; Radiance layers; Temperature inversion layers

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GRAVITY WAVES; INFRARED RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SPACECRAFT; TIDES;

ATMOSPHERIC TIDES; EARTHLIMB; RADIANCE LAYERS; TEMPERATURE INVERSION LAYERS;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 20144371829     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.568060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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