Mid-latitude noctilucent cloud observations by lidar

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 2919-2922

  Von Cossart, G ^a   Hoffmann, P ^a   Von Zahn, U ^a   Keckhut, P ^b   Hauchecorne, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; PARTICLE SIZE; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; WIND;

HIGH LATITUDES; MULTI-COLORS; NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS; PARTICLE DENSITIES; RAYLEIGH LIDAR; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND VELOCITIES;

OPTICAL RADAR; CLOUDS;

MULTI-COLOR LIDARS; NOCTILUCENT CLOUD;

LIDAR; NOCTILUCENT CLOUD;

EID: 0030260751     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02768     Document Type: Article

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