Simultaneous observation of dual-site airglow imagers and a sodium temperature-wind lidar, and effect of atmospheric stability on the airglow structure

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1957-1963

  Nakamura, T ^a   Fukushima, T ^a,d   Tsuda, T ^a   She, C Y ^b   Williams, B P ^b   Krueger, D ^b   Lyons, W ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c FMA Research Incorporated   (United States)

^d SHARP CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airglow; Gravity wave; Instability; Lidar; Lower thermosphere; Mesosphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GRAVITY WAVES; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SENSORS; SODIUM; STABILITY; WIND EFFECTS;

AIRGLOW; LOWER THERMOSPHERE; MESOSPHERE;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 25844491078     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.05.102     Document Type: Conference Paper

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