Errors in Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) kinetic temperature caused by non-local-thermodynamic-equilibrium model parameters

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  García Comas, Maya ^a   Lopez Puertas M ^a   Marshall, B T ^b   Wintersteiner, P P ^c   Funke, B ^a   Bermejo Pantaleón, Diego ^a   Mertens, Christopher J ^d   Remsberg, Ellis E ^d   Gordley, L L ^b   Mlynczak, Martin G ^d   Russell III, James M ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^b G and A Technical Software ^*  (United States)

^c ARCON CORPORATION   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; RADIOMETRY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ERROR ANALYSIS; MESOSPHERE; RADIOMETER; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 62149134885     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010105     Document Type: Article

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