An empirical model for the altitude of the OH nightglow emission

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Liu, G ^a   Sheperd, Gordon G ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CURVE FITTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EMPIRICAL MODEL; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NIGHTGLOW EMISSION; SOLAR CYCLE;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

EMISSION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROXIDE; MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745699425     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025297     Document Type: Article

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