A two-channel Fabry-Perot interferometer with thermoelectric-cooled CCD detectors for neutral wind measurements in the upper atmosphere

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 271-275

  Shiokawa, K ^a   Kadota, T ^a   Otsuka, Y ^a   Ogawa, T ^a   Nakamura, T ^b   Fukao, S ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airglow; Fabry Perot interferometer; Mesospheric wind; Thermospheric wind

Indexed keywords

INSTRUMENTATION; WIND FIELD;

EID: 2442660906     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351759     Document Type: Article

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