Multiwavelength lidar observation of a strange noctilucent cloud at Kühlungsborn, Germany (54°N)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D8, 2001, Pages 7945-7953

  Alpers, Matthias ^a   Gerding, Michael ^a,b   Höffner, Josef ^a   Schneider, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; LASER METHOD; LIDAR; NOCTILUCENT CLOUD;

GERMANY;

EID: 0034962014     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900666     Document Type: Article

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