Rayleigh lidar temperature measurements in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-49

  Chen, W N ^a   Tsao, C C ^a   Nee, J B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Rayleigh lidar; Stratosphere; Temperature; Tropopause; Troposphere

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BACKSCATTER; LIDAR; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0346395952     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2003.09.014     Document Type: Article

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