Satellite measurements of the global mesospheric sodium layer

Optimal estimation theory is used to retrieve the absolute Na density profiles in the mesosphere/lower thermosphere from limb-scanning measurements of the Na radiance at 589 nm in the dayglow. Two years of observations (2003 and 2004), recorded by the OSIRIS spectrometer on the Odin satellite, have...

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Main Authors: Z. Y. Fan, J. M. C. Plane, J. Gumbel, J. Stegman, E. J. Llewellyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2007-08-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/7/4107/2007/acp-7-4107-2007.pdf