Lidar measurements of mesospheric temperature inversion at a low latitude

The Rayleigh lidar data collected on 119 nights from March 1998 to February 2000 were used to study the statistical characteristics of the low latitude mesospheric temperature inversion observed over Gadanki (13.5° N, 79.2° E), India. The occurrence frequency of the inversion showed semiannu...

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Main Authors: V. Siva Kumar, Y. Bhavani Kumar, K. Raghunath, P. B. Rao, M. Krishnaiah, K. Mizutani, T. Aoki, M. Yasui, T. Itabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2001-08-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/19/1039/2001/angeo-19-1039-2001.pdf