Noctilucent clouds: One- and two-color lidar observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1635-1638

  Von Cossart, G ^a   Fiedler, J ^a   Von Zahn, U ^a   Hansen, G ^b   Hoppe, U P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; BACKSCATTERING; OBSERVATORIES; PARTICLE SIZE;

NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS; OZONE LIDAR; RAYLEIGH LIDAR;

GEOPHYSICS; OPTICAL RADAR;

BACKSCATTER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; LIDAR; NOCTILUCENT CLOUD;

NORWAY;

BACKSCATTER RATIO; GROUND-BASED LIDARS; LIDAR OBSERVATION; LOG-NORMAL; MIE THEORY; NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS; NUMBER DENSITY; SPHERICAL PARTICLE;

EID: 0031177783     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01575     Document Type: Article

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