First detection of meso-thermospheric Nitric Oxide (NO) by ground-based FTIR solar absorption spectroscopy

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Wiacek, Aldona ^a   Jones, N B ^b   Strong, K ^a   Taylor, J R ^a   Mittermeier, R L ^c   Fast, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ALGORITHMS; CLIMATOLOGY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

MESOSPHERIC-LOWER THERMOSPHERIC (MLT); NITRIC OXIDE; SOLAR ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MESOSPHERE; NITRIC OXIDE; STRATOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 33645838857     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024897     Document Type: Article

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