Observations of stratospheric warmings and mesospheric coolings by the TIMED SABER instrument

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Siskind, D E ^a   Coy, L ^a   Espy, P ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; COOLING; DATA REDUCTION; GLOBAL WARMING; IONOSPHERE; RADIOMETRY; SATELLITES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BROADBAND EMISSION RADIOMETRY (SABER); MESOPHERIC COOLINGS; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS; THERMOSPHERE;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

COOLING; MESOSPHERE; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 21144443241     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022399     Document Type: Article

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