The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission: Overview and early science results

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 289-299

  Russell III, James M ^a   Bailey, Scott M ^b   Gordley, Larry L ^c   Rusch, David W ^d   Horányi, Mihály ^d   Hervig, Mark E ^c   Thomas, Gary E ^d   Randall, Cora E ^d   Siskind, David E ^e   Stevens, Michael H ^e   Summers, Michael E ^f   Taylor, Michael J ^g   Englert, Christoph R ^e   Espy, Patrick J ^h   McClintock, William E ^d   Merkel, Aimee W ^d  

^a HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^c GATS INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gases; Global change; Mesosphere; Particles; Polar mesospheric clouds; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERICS; COSMOLOGY; DUST; ICE; INSTRUMENTS; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS;

ALTITUDE REGIONS; CALIFORNIA; CLOUD MORPHOLOGIES; COSMIC DUSTS; GLOBAL CHANGE; ICE PARTICLES; IN-SITU; MESOSPHERE; PARTICLES; PEGASUS; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUDS; RADAR ECHOES; SATELLITE MISSIONS; SOLAR OCCULTATIONS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES; SPACE-BASED; SUN SYNCHRONOUS ORBITS; VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE; WEATHER PHENOMENON;

CLOUDS;

EID: 62149149584     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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