First near-global retrievals of OH rotational temperatures from satellite-based Meinel band emission measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  von Savigny, C ^a   Eichmann, K U ^a   Llewellyn, E J ^a,b   Bovensmann, H ^a   Burrows, J P ^a   Bittner, M ^c   Hoppner K ^c   Offermann, D ^d   Taylor, M J ^e   Zhao, Y ^e   Steinbrecht, W ^f   Winkler, P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^e UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; DATA REDUCTION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; INFRARED RADIATION; SPECTROMETERS;

DATA SETS; GROUNDBASED MEASUREMENTS; MEINEL BAND; MESOPHERIC TEMPERATURE MAPPER (MTP);

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HYDROXYL RADICAL; SATELLITE DATA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 7044241392     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020410     Document Type: Article

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