Comparison of OH rotational temperatures measured by the spectral airglow temperature imager (SATI) and by a tilting-filter photometer

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 891-897

  Shiokawa, K ^a   Otsuka, Y ^a   Ogawa, T ^a   Takahashi, H ^b   Nakamura, T ^c   Shimomai, T ^d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aeronomy; Airglow; Mesopause region; Rotational temperature; SATI; Spectral measurement

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW;

EID: 2942560311     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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