Gravity waves mapped by the OMEGA/MEX instrument through O2 dayglow at 1.27 μm: Data analysis and atmospheric modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Altieri, Francesca ^a   Spiga, Aymeric ^b   Zasova, Ludmila ^c,d   Bellucci, Giancarlo ^a   Bibring, Jean Pierre ^e  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^c Russian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Russian Federation)

^d MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DATA PROCESSING; GRAVITY WAVE; IMAGERY; MAPPING; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLAR REGION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84863449564     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JE004065     Document Type: Article

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