Mountain wave PSC dynamics and microphysics from ground-based lidar measurements and meteorological modeling

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1149-1165

  Reichardt, J ^a,b   Dornbrack A ^c   Reichardt, S ^a,b   Yang, P ^d   McGee, T J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4544292419     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-4-1149-2004     Document Type: Article

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