Seasonal and diurnal variations of ozone near the mesopause from observations of the 11.072-GHz line

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2192-2199

  Rogers, A E E ^a   Lekberg, M ^b   Pratap, P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Chelmsford High School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC HYDROGEN; CHEMICAL MODEL; DIURNAL VARIATION; DOPPLER LINES; GROUND OBSERVATIONS; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; MESOPAUSE REGION; MIXING RATIOS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIANNUAL VARIATION; SOUNDING OF THE ATMOSPHERE USING BROADBAND EMISSION RADIOMETRY; VOLUME MIXING RATIOS;

IONOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

OZONE;

DIURNAL VARIATION; DOPPLER RADAR; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MESOPAUSE; MIXING RATIO; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OZONE; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 73149104621     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1291.1     Document Type: Article

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