Measurements of superadiabatic lapse rates in the middle atmosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 2797-2800

  Sica, R J ^a   Thorsley, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; GEOPHYSICS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; METEOROLOGY; PHOTONS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STABILITY; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; IONOSPHERE;

LAPSE RATE VARIATIONS; MESOSPHERE; PHOTON COUNTING; PHOTON COUNTING ERRORS; RAYLEIGH SCATTER LIDAR SYSTEM; STRATOSPHERE; SUPERADIABATIC LAPSE RATES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ADIABATIC LAPSE RATE; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; LIDAR; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE;

CONVECTIVE STABILITY; HIGH CONFIDENCE; HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; MEASUREMENTS OF; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; PHOTON COUNTING; SUPERADIABATIC LAPSE RATE; UNSTABLE REGIONS;

EID: 0030260745     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02642     Document Type: Article

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