Thermal conditions for PMC existence derived from Odin/OSIRIS and TIMED/SABER data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Petelina, S V ^a   Degenstein, D A ^a   Llewellyn, E J ^a   Lloyd, N D ^a   Mertens, C J ^b   Mlynczak, M G ^b   Russell, III ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; ERROR ANALYSIS; INFRARED IMAGING; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADIOMETRY; SPECTROGRAPHS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WEATHER SATELLITES;

BROADBAND EMISSION RADIOMETRY; KINETIC TEMPERATURES; OPTICAL SPECTOGRAPH; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUD (PMC);

CLIMATOLOGY;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NOCTILUCENT CLOUD; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 27544490770     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023099     Document Type: Article

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