Joint radar/lidar observations of possible aerosol layers in the winter mesosphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 957-970

  Stebel, K ^a   Blum, U ^b   Fricke, K H ^b   Kirkwood, S ^a   Mitchell, N J ^c   Osepian, A ^d  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aerosol particles; Lidar; Mesosphere; PMWE; Radar; Winter

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; LIDAR; MESOSPHERE; RADAR;

EID: 2942620091     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2004.03.008     Document Type: Article

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