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Introduction to ALOHA‐90: The airborne lidar and observations of the Hawaiian Airglow Campaign
Author(s) -
Gardner Chester S.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/91gl01294
Subject(s) - airglow , atmosphere (unit) , atmospheric sciences , stratosphere , lidar , altitude (triangle) , aloha , ozone , geology , environmental science , astrobiology , meteorology , remote sensing , geography , physics , wireless , telecommunications , geometry , mathematics , computer science , throughput
The middle atmosphere is a region of complex photochemical and dynamic interactions. Stretching from roughly 30 to 100 km altitude, this is the transition region between the stratosphere and thermosphère and is perhaps the least understood region of the earth's atmosphere. A variety of interesting and important structures are found in this region including the ozone layer, noctilucent clouds, the airglow layers, the meteoric metal layers and the recently discovered sporadic Na and Fe layer phenomena.