Spectral wave analysis at the mesopause from SCIAMACHY airglow data compared to SABER temperature spectra

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 407-416

  Ern, M ^a   Lehmann, C ^a   Kaufmann, M ^a   Riese, M ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Instruments and techniques; Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Climatology; Waves and tides

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVISAT-1; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MESOPAUSE; NIGHTGLOW; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE DATA; SCIAMACHY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 70450286075     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-407-2009     Document Type: Article

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