Tidal variations of O2 atmospheric and OH(6-2) airglow and temperature at mid-latitudes from SATI observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3579-3590

  López González, Maria Jose ^a   Rodriguez E ^a   Shepherd, G G ^b   Sargoytchev, S ^b   Shepherd, M G ^b   Aushev, V M ^c   Brown, S ^b   Garcia Comas M ^a   Wiens, R H ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

^d University of Asmara   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (Airglow and aurora; pressure density and temperature; instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DIURNAL VARIATION; TIDAL MODELING; AMPLITUDE; OZONE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIDAL CYCLE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30744450494     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-3579-2005     Document Type: Article

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