Large amplitude perturbations in mesospheric OH Meinel and 87-km Na lidar temperatures around the autumnal equinox

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1899-1902

  Taylor, M J ^a   Pendleton, W R ^a   Liu, H L ^b   She, C Y ^c   Gardner, L C ^a   Roble, R G ^b   Vasoli, V ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL RADAR; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TROPOSPHERE;

AUTUMNAL EQUINOX;

GEOPHYSICS;

LIDAR; MESOSPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0035334681     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012682     Document Type: Article

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