Middle atmosphere temperature trend and solar cycle revealed by long-term Rayleigh lidar observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Li, Tao ^a,b   Leblanc, Thierry ^c   McDermid, I Stuart ^c   Keckhut, Philippe ^d   Hauchecorne, Alain ^d   Dou, Xiankang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERICS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL RADAR; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; SOLAR ENERGY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

11-YEAR SOLAR CYCLE; CALIFORNIA; COOLING TRENDS; DECADAL VARIABILITY; DIRECT SOLAR; MAUNA LOA; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; NORTHERN LATITUDES; RAYLEIGH LIDAR; SOLAR CYCLE; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COOLING; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; LIDAR; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MESOSPHERE; OBSERVATORY; OZONE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SOLAR CYCLE; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TREND ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; FRANCE; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959822864     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015275     Document Type: Article

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