TOMEX: Mesospheric and lower thermospheric diffusivities and instability layers

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Bishop, R L ^a   Larsen, M F ^a   Hecht, J H ^b   Liu, A Z ^c   Gardner, C S ^c  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Mesosphere

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; LIDAR; MESOSPHERE; OXYGEN; REMOTE SENSING; THERMOSPHERE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 2642584188     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003079     Document Type: Article

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