Doppler Rayleigh/Mie/Raman lidar for wind and temperature measurements in the middle atmosphere up to 80 km

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1509-1518

  Baumgarten, G ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALTITUDE; DOPPLER LIDAR; MESOSPHERE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SPECTROMETER; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WAVELENGTH; WIND VELOCITY;

DORIS;

EID: 84857729062     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-3-1509-2010     Document Type: Article

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