Validation of nighttime UV measurements of the F region ionosphere made by the low resolution airglow and aurora spectrograph (LORAAS) instrument

Radio Science

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Coker, Clayton ^a   Bennert, Ellen ^a   Dymond, K F ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON EMISSION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SPECTROGRAPHS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADVANCED RESEARCH AND GLOBAL OBSERVING SATELLITE (ARGOS); ELECTRON DENSITY PROFILES; LIMB RADIANCE PROFILES; LOW RESOLUTION AIRGLOW AND AURORA SPECTROGRAPH (LORAAS) INSTRUMENTS;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 33847010254     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005RS003362     Document Type: Article

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