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Science 19 March 1976:
Vol. 191. no. 4232, pp. 1174 - 1175
DOI: 10.1126/science.191.4232.1174
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Microwave Measurement of Mesospheric Carbon Monoxide

J. W. WATERS 1, W. J. WILSON 2, and F. I. SHIMABUKURO 2

1 Space Sciences Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91103
2 Electronic Research Laboratory, Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, California 90250

Ground-based observation of atmospheric absorption of solar radiation at a wavelength of 2.6 millimeters has provided the first measurement of mesospheric carbon monoxide. The measurement agrees with photochemical predictions of a carbon monoxide source in the lower thermosphere due to dissociation of carbon dioxide by solar radiation, and has implications for the magnitude of vertical transport in the mesosphere.

Submitted on August 19, 1975
Revised on November 21, 1975


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Mars: Microwave Detection of Carbon Monoxide.
R. K. Kakar, R. K. KAKAR, J. W. WALTERS, and W. J. WILSON (1977)
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