Measurements of thermospheric molecular oxygen from the Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Lumpe, J D ^a   Floyd, L E ^b   Herring, L C ^b   Gibson, S T ^c   Lewis, B R ^c  

^a Computational Physics Inc ^*  (United States)

^b INTERFEROMETRICS INC   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOMAGNETISM; METEOROLOGY; OXYGEN; SOLAR RADIATION;

ALGORITHM; DATA INVERSION; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 35348984981     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008076     Document Type: Article

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