Tides in the mesopause region over Fort Collins, Colorado (41°N, 105°W) based on lidar temperature observations covering full diurnal cycles

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 18, 2002, Pages ACL-4-1-ACL-4-12

  She, C Y ^a   Chen, Songsheng ^c   Williams, B P ^a   Hu, Zhilin ^d   Krueger, David A ^a   Hagan, M E ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Movaz Networks   (United States)

Author keywords

Lidar temperature; Mesopause region; Midlatirude; Tides

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; OSCILLATIONS; TIDES;

GEOPHYSICS; LIDAR; MESOPAUSE; TIDE;

COLORADO; FORT COLLINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645492475     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001189     Document Type: Article

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