Lidar observations of high altitude cirrus clouds near the tropical tropopause

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 845-850

  Parameswaran, K ^a   Sunilkumar, S V ^a   Murthy, B V Krishna ^b   Satheesan, K ^c  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b B1 Ceebros ^*  (India)

^c Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

Author keywords

High altitude cirrus clouds; Lidar observations; Tropical tropopause; Tropospheric turbulence

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; CRYSTALS; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ICE; OPTICAL RADAR; SPACE RESEARCH; WIND;

HIGH ALTITUDE CIRRUS CLOUDS; LIDAR OBSERVATIONS; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 3242673299     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.08.064     Document Type: Conference Paper

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