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- Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER)
is one of the four instruments on NASA's Thermosphere Ionosphere
Mesosphere Energetics Dynamics (TIMED).
Scientific Objectives:
-Study the mesosphere and lower thermosphere structure including its
seasonal, latitudinal and temporal variations.
-Investigate the energetics and distribution of radiatively active
species in the non-LTE environment to understand the relative
importance of radiative, chemical, and dynamical sources and sinks of
energy.
-Analyze the Oy and HOy chemistry and its coupling with energetics and dynamics.
-Conduct studies of dynamics and transport and their role in the energy budget.
-Develop a climatology of key atmospheric parameters in the TIMED core
region from 60 to 130 km.
Website: http://science.larc.nasa.gov/research-UpperAtmosphere.html
[Summary provided by NASA.]
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