Use of CRISTA mesopause region temperatures for the intercalibration of ground-based instruments

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1698-1708

  Scheer, J ^a   Reisin, E R ^a   Gusev, O A ^b   French, W J R ^c   Hernandez, G ^d   Huppi, R ^e   Ammosov, P ^f   Gavrilyeva, G A ^f   Offermann, D ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Utah State University   (United States)

^f YU G SHAFER INSTITUTE OF COSMOPHYSICAL RESEARCH AND AERONOMY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Airglow; Mesopause region; Satellite; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AIRGLOW EMISSION; MESOPAUSE REGION; STANDARD DEVIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MESOPAUSE; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 33748965602     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2005.12.009     Document Type: Article

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