Temporal variations of atomic oxygen in the upper mesosphere from SABER

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Smith, Anne K ^a   Marsh, Daniel R ^a   Mlynczak, Martin G ^b   Mast, Jeffrey C ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; OZONE;

ALTITUDE RANGE; ATMOSPHERIC CONSTITUENTS; ATOMIC OXYGEN; DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL VARIATION; DOWN-WELLING; EMPIRICAL MODEL; HIGH LATITUDES; LOW LATITUDES; MIGRATING DIURNAL TIDE; OZONE CHEMISTRY; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIANNUAL VARIATION; SOUNDING OF THE ATMOSPHERE USING BROADBAND EMISSION RADIOMETRY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE; VERTICAL TRANSPORTS;

ATOMS;

ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MESOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77957574059     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013434     Document Type: Article

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