Atmospheric neutral temperature distribution at the mesopause altitude

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1684-1697

  Gusev, O ^a   Kaufmann, M ^b   Grossmann, K U ^a   Schmidlin, F J ^c   Shepherd, M G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CRISTA; Mesopause; Mesosphere; Non LTE; Temperature; Thermosphere

Indexed keywords

INFRARED RADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AIRGLOW; INFRARED LIMB RADIANCE; MESOPAUSE; NON-LOCAL THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; THERMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; MESOPAUSE; MESOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 33745959827     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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