title: Microwave measurement of mesospheric carbon monoxide.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Waters
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: F I
authors.initials: FI
authors.lastname: Shimabukuro