Lidar observations of polar mesospheric clouds at Rothera, Antarctica (67.5°S, 68.0°W)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Chu, Xinzhao ^a   Nott, Graeme J ^b   Espy, Patrick J ^b   Gardner, Chester S ^a   Diettrich, Jan C ^b   Clilverd, Mark A ^b   Jarvis, Martin J ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; OPTICAL RADAR; POLES;

POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUDS (PMC); SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES; BOLTZMANN TEMPERATURE; CLOUD OBSERVATIONS; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; LIDAR OBSERVATION; MESOPAUSE REGION; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUDS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATURE OBSERVATIONS;

GEOPHYSICS; OPTICAL RADAR;

LIDAR; POLAR MESOSPHERE SUMMER ECHO; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SOUTH POLE;

EID: 18144433605     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018638     Document Type: Article

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