Long-term lidar observations of polar stratospheric clouds at Esrange in northern Sweden

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 412-422

  Blum, U ^a,c   Fricke, K H ^a   Muller K P ^a,d   Siebert, J ^a,e   Baumgarten, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^d Heinrich Hertz Berufskolleg   (Germany)

^e Allianz AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; LIDAR; OZONE DEPLETION; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD;

EID: 28244431742     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2005.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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