SABER observations of mesospheric ozone during NH late winter 2002-2009

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Smith, A K ^a   Lopez Puertas M ^b   Garcia Comas M ^b   Tukiainen, S ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERANNUAL VARIATION; MESOSPHERIC OZONE; OZONE ANOMALIES; SOUNDING OF THE ATMOSPHERE USING BROADBAND EMISSION RADIOMETRY; TRACE SPECIES;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; IONOSPHERE;

OZONE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ENERGETICS; MESOSPHERE; OZONE; PERTURBATION; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPORAL PERIOD; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 72049111478     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040942     Document Type: Article

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