Lidar observations of stratospheric temperature above McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1391-1399

  Di Donfrancesco, G ^a   Adriani, A ^b   Gobbi, G P ^b   Congeduti, F ^b  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDAR DATA; STRATOPAUSE TEMPERATURE; STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTICA, MCMURDO STATION;

EID: 0030455456     PISSN: 00219169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9169(95)00164-6     Document Type: Article

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