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Rusch et al. 1983

Rusch, D.W., Mount, G.H., Zawodny, J.M., Barth, C.A., Rottman, G.J., Thomas, R.J., Thomas, G.E., Sanders, R.W. and Lawrence, G.M. (1983). Temperature measurements in the earth’s stratosphere using a limb scanning visible light spectrometer. Geophysical Research Letters 10: doi: 10.1029/GL010i004p00261. issn: 0094-8276.

The temperature of the earth's atmosphere between 40 and 50 km is inferred from measurements of Rayleigh scattered sunlight by a visible-light spectrometer on the Solar Mesosphere Explorer spacecraft. The RMS deviation of the satellite measurements from conventional rocket measurements is 5 ¿K above 45 km and 2--3 ¿K below 45 km. The satellite data are compared to model temperatures for March, 1982.

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