Observation of night OH in the mesosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Pickett, H M ^a   Read, W G ^a   Lee, K K ^b   Yung, Y L ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SATELLITES;

ALTITUDE TRANSPORT; MESOSPHERE; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; VIBRATIONAL DEPENDENCE;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LIDAR; MESOSPHERE; NEAR INFRARED; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 34047230997     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026910     Document Type: Article

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