Intercomparison of kinetic temperature from 15 μm CO2 limb emissions and OH*(3,1) rotational temperature in nearly coincident air masses: SABER, GRIPS

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2006, Pages

  Oberheide, J ^a   Offermann, D ^a   Russell III, J M ^b   Mlynczak, M G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WEATHER SATELLITES;

GROUND BASED INFRARED P-BRANCH SPECTROMETER (GRIPS); KINETIC TEMPERATURE; ROTATIONAL TEMPERATURE; SOUNDING THE ATMOSPHERE USING BROADBAND EMISSION RADIOMETRY (SABER);

GAS EMISSIONS;

AIR MASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMISSION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; KINETICS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SATELLITE; SPECTROMETER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREND ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA; WUPPERTAL;

EID: 33845670276     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026439     Document Type: Article

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