Mean diurnal variations of noctilucent clouds during 7 years of lidar observations at ALOMAR

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1175-1181

  Fiedler, J ^a   Baumgarten, G ^a   von Cossart, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (cloud physics and chemistry); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Middle atmosphere dynamics)

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; LIDAR; NOCTILUCENT CLOUD;

EID: 23744514568     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-1175-2005     Document Type: Article

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