OH temperature re-analysis forced by recent variance increases

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 1924-1933

  Offermann, D ^a   Jarisch, M ^a   Donner, M ^b   Steinbrecht, W ^c   Semenov, A I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b Donner Tontechnik   (Germany)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^d OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Data re analysis; OH temperatures; Temperature fluctuations; Trend breaks; Upper mesosphere

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; INFRARED RADIATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

INFRARED EMISSIONS; SEASONAL TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; UPPER MESOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; MESOSPHERE; NEAR INFRARED;

EID: 33750988178     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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