Iron Boltzmann lidar temperature and density observations from Arecibo - An initial comparison with other techniques

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1-1-1-4

  Raizada, Shikha ^a   Tepley, Craig A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ELECTRONS; IRON; OPTICAL RADAR; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AIRGLOW EMISSIONS;

GEOPHYSICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRGLOW; DENSITY; LIDAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 0037098783     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014535     Document Type: Article

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