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Aksnes, A., Eastes, R., Budzien, S. and Dymond, K. (2006). Neutral temperatures in the lower thermosphere from N2 Lyman-Birge-Hopfield (LBH) band profiles. Geophysical Research Letters 33: doi: 10.1029/2006GL026255. issn: 0094-8276. |
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Measurements of the neutral temperature in the lower thermosphere, using high resolution (0.13 nm) N2 Lyman-Birge-Hopfield (LBH) band emissions are presented. The data were taken by the High-resolution Ionospheric and Thermospheric Spectrograph (HITS) instrument aboard the Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite (ARGOS). By fitting the LBH band profiles, temperatures in the thermosphere between ~150 and 270 km have been retrieved. Temperatures retrieved for three geomagnetically quiet days, 28--30 July 2001 are consistent with temperatures from the Mass Spectrometer and Incoherent Scatter (MSIS) model. |
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Keywords
Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Airglow and aurora, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Pressure, density, and temperature, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Instruments and techniques, Atmospheric Processes, Remote sensing |
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Publisher
American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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