Concurrent OH imager and sodium temperature/wind lidar observation of a mesopause region undular bore event over Fort Collins/Platteville, Colorado

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 1-8

  She, C Y ^a   Li, Tao ^a   Williams, Bifford P ^a   Yuan, Tao ^a   Picard, R H ^b  

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

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airglow; Mesospheric bore; Sodium lidar

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; LIDAR; MESOPAUSE;

COLORADO; FORT COLLINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14344255161     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004742     Document Type: Article

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