Lidar observations of polar mesospheric clouds at South Pole: Diurnal variations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1937-1940

  Chu, Z ^a   Gardner, C S ^a   Papen, G ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CLOUDS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; OPTICAL RADAR;

LAYER CENTROID ALTITUDE;

GEOPHYSICS;

BACKSCATTER; DIURNAL VARIATION; LIDAR; MESOSPHERE; POLAR REGION;

EID: 0035874424     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012525     Document Type: Article

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