LIDAR measurements of cirrus clouds in the northern and southern midlatitudes during INCA (55°N, 53°S): A comparative study

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 56-1-56-4

  Immler, Franz ^a   Schrems, Otto ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL RADAR;

CIRRUS CLOUDS;

GEOPHYSICS;

CIRRUS; LIDAR; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OPTICAL DEPTH; REMOTE SENSING; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 18844481604     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl015077     Document Type: Article

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