Rayleigh lidar measurements of the temporal frequency and vertical wavenumber spectra in the mesosphere over the Rocky Mountain region

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D6, 1998, Pages 6405-6416

  Gao, X ^a,c   Meriwether, J W ^a   Wickwar, V B ^b   Wilkerson, T D ^b   Collins, S ^b,d  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d ARECIBO OBSERVATORY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; LIDAR; MESOSPHERE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVENUMBER;

LOGAN; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; USA; UTAH;

EID: 0032571201     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JD03073     Document Type: Article

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