Equatorial enhancement of the nighttime OH mesospheric infrared airglow

Physica Scripta

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 615-619

  Baker, D J ^a   Thurgood, B K ^a   Harrison, W K ^a   Mlynczak, M G ^b   Russell, J M ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MEASUREMENT; NASA; SOLAR SYSTEM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

GLOBAL MEASUREMENTS; HYDROXYL MESOSPHERIC AIRGLOW; INFRARED SENSORS; VOLUME EMISSION RATE (VER);

INFRARED RADIATION;

EID: 34347258526     PISSN: 00318949     EISSN: 14024896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/75/5/004     Document Type: Article

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