A review of the scientific results from the CRISTA missions

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1715-1721

  Grossmann, K U ^a   Gusev, O ^a   Kaufmann, M ^a   Kutepov, A ^b   Knieling, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric limb infrared emission; CRISTA missions; Mesospheric trace gases and temperatures

Indexed keywords

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE SHUTTLES; TELESCOPES; THERMODYNAMICS;

ATOMIC OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; ORBITAL MISSIONS; TRACE GASES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 8344283560     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.02.041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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