Investigation of the shape of noctilucent cloud particles by polarization lidar technique

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 8-1-8-4

  Baumgarten, Gerd ^a   Fricke, K H ^a   Von Cossart, Götz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CLOUDS; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL RADAR; POLARIZATION;

NOCTILUCENT CLOUD (NLC);

GEOPHYSICS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; LIDAR; NOCTILUCENT CLOUD; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLARIZATION;

EID: 0036662903     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013877     Document Type: Article

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