Observations of infrared radiative cooling in the thermosphere on daily to multiyear timescales from the TIMED/SABER instrument

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 115, Issue A3, 2010, Pages

  Mlynczak, Martin G ^a   Hunt, Linda A ^b   Marshall, B Thomas ^c   Martin Torres, F Javier ^d   Mertens, Christopher J ^a   Russell, James M ^e   Remsberg, Ellis E ^a   López Puertas, Manuel ^f   Picard, Richard ^g   Winick, Jeremy ^g   Wintersteiner, Peter ^h   Thompson, R Earl ^c   Gordley, Larry L ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c GATS INC   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^g AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^h ARCON CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 77952417316     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014713     Document Type: Article

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