Potassium lidar temperatures and densities in the mesopause region at Spitsbergen (78°N)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Hoffner J ^a   Lubken F J ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; POTASSIUM;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA SET; DOPPLER EFFECT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LIDAR; MESOPAUSE; POTASSIUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOSPHERE;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 37349131199     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008612     Document Type: Article

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