NO2 air afterglow and O and NO densities from Odin-OSIRIS night and ACE-FTS sunset observations in the Antarctic MLT region

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Gattinger, R L ^a   McDade, I C ^b   Alfaro Suzn, A L ^b   Boone, C D ^c   Walker, K A ^c,d   Bernath, P F ^c,e   Evans, W F J ^b   Degenstein, D A ^a   Yee, J H ^f   Sheese, P ^a,b   Llewellyn, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COORDINATION REACTIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; OZONE; PHOTONS; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

ACE-FTS; ALTITUDE PROFILES; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT; ATOMIC OXYGEN DENSITY; CHEMILUMINESCENT REACTIONS; CONTINUUM SPECTRA; EMISSION RATES; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INFRA RED; LONGITUDINAL VARIATIONS; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MLT REGION; OPTICAL SPECTROGRAPH; POLAR REGIONS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SYSTEMATIC UNCERTAINTIES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIRGLOW; ALTITUDE; AURORA; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POLAR REGION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPACECRAFT; SPATIAL VARIATION; ZENITH ANGLE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 77954497164     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013205     Document Type: Article

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