A comparison of Rayleigh and sodium lidar temperature climatologies

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-35

  Argall, P S ^a   Sica, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; LIDAR; MESOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMOSPHERE;

CANADA; LONDON [ONTARIO]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846852400     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-27-2007     Document Type: Article

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