Temperature lidar measurements from 1 to 105 km altitude using resonance, Rayleigh, and Rotational Raman scattering

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 793-800

  Alpers, M ^a   Eixmann, R ^a   Fricke Begemann, C ^a   Gerding, M ^a   Hoffner J ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

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EID: 3242887105     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-4-793-2004     Document Type: Article

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