Observations of noctilucent clouds and temperature structure from 1 - 105 km by co-located lidars at 54°N

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6367, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Gerding, M ^a   Hoffner J ^a   Rauthe, M ^a   Lubken F J ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gravity waves; Lidar; Middle atmosphere; Noctilucent clouds; Temperatures

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; GRAVITATION; OPTICAL RADAR; RESONANCE; THERMAL EFFECTS; TROPOSPHERE;

MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS; NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS (NLC);

CLOUDS;

EID: 33846660142     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.689012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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