Mesospheric temperature observations at the USU/CASS atmospheric lidar observatory (ALO)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4153, Issue , 2001, Pages 272-284

  Wickwar, V B ^a   Wilkerson, T D ^a   Hammond, M ^a   Herron, J P ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global change; Gravity waves; Lidar; Mesosphere; Middle atmosphere; Noctilucent clouds; Rayleigh scatter; Resonance scatter; Temperatures; Tides

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE OBSERVATORY (ALO);

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0035031424     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.417056     Document Type: Conference Paper

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