A dynamical study of the winter mid-latitude mesopause region (80-105KM) based on initial simultaneous lidar measurements of temperature and winds over Fort Collins, CO (41N, 105W)

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 753-758

  Sherman, James ^a   Williams, Bifford P ^b   Kawahara, T D ^c   Krueger, David A ^b   She, C Y ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DATA REDUCTION; OPTICAL RADAR; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITIES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

GRAVITY WAVE; LIDAR; MESOPAUSE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

COLORADO; FORT COLLINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242414614     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00411-3     Document Type: Article

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