Seasonal variation of nocturnal temperatures between 1 and 105 km altitude at 54° N observed by lidar

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 7465-7482

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

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANNUAL VARIATION; LIDAR; MESOPAUSE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; KUHLUNGSBORN; MECKLENBURG-WEST POMERANIA;

EID: 57849165884     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-7465-2008     Document Type: Article

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