Lidar measurements of stratosphere-mesosphere thermal structure at a low latitude: Comparison with satellite data and models

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Kumar, V Siva ^a   Rao, P B ^b   Krishnaiah, M ^c  

^a National MST Radar Facility   (India)

^b NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING AGENCY   (India)

^c SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Climatology; Lidar studies; Low latitude; Middle atmosphere; Temperature

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MESOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GADANKI; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 0742270434     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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