An overview of LITE: NASA's lidar in-space technology experiment

DM Winker, RH Couch… - Proceedings of the …, 1996 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Lidar In-space Technology Experiment (LITE) is a three-wavelength backscatter lidar
developed by NASA Langley Research Center to fly on the Space Shuttle. LITE flew on …

Review of mesospheric temperature trends

G Beig, P Keckhut, RP Lowe, RG Roble… - Reviews of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
In recent times it has become increasingly clear that releases of trace gases from human
activity have a potential for causing change in the upper atmosphere. However, our …

[HTML][HTML] Observed temperature changes in the troposphere and stratosphere from 1979 to 2018

AK Steiner, F Ladstädter, WJ Randel… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Observed Temperature Changes in the Troposphere and Stratosphere from 1979 to 2018 in:
Journal of Climate Volume 33 Issue 19 (2020) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation …

An update of observed stratospheric temperature trends

WJ Randel, KP Shine, J Austin, J Barnett… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
An updated analysis of observed stratospheric temperature variability and trends is
presented on the basis of satellite, radiosonde, and lidar observations. Satellite data include …

SOUTHTRAC-GW: An airborne field campaign to explore gravity wave dynamics at the world's strongest hotspot

M Rapp, B Kaifler, A Dörnbrack… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
The southern part of South America and the Antarctic peninsula are known as the world's
strongest hotspot region of stratospheric gravity wave (GW) activity. Large tropospheric …

The SPARC intercomparison of middle-atmosphere climatologies

W Randel, P Udelhofen, E Fleming, M Geller… - Journal of …, 2004 - journals.ametsoc.org
An updated assessment of uncertainties in “observed” climatological winds and
temperatures in the middle atmosphere (over altitudes∼ 10–80 km) is provided by detailed …

Climatology and trends of the middle atmospheric temperature (33–87 km) as seen by Rayleigh lidar over the south of France

A Hauchecorne, ML Chanin… - Journal of Geophysical …, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
The technique of the Rayleigh lidar provides temperature profiles with a good temporal and
vertical resolution in the middle atmosphere. Data obtained by 2 Rayleigh lidars set up at the …

Mesospheric temperature inversion and gravity wave breaking

A Hauchecorne, ML Chanin… - Geophysical Research …, 1987 - Wiley Online Library
More than 500 nightly mean temperature profiles have been obtained since 1981 by two
Rayleigh lidars located in south of France 550 km apart. In the mesosphere a temperature …

Lidar observation of gravity and tidal waves in the stratosphere and mesosphere

ML Chanin, A Hauchecorne - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 1981 - Wiley Online Library
Lidar measurements of atmospheric density and temperature in the altitude range 30‐to 80
km have been performed during the last 2 years from the Observatory of Haute‐Provence …

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

G Baumgarten - Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2010 - amt.copernicus.org
A direct detection Doppler lidar for measuring wind speed in the middle atmosphere up to 80
km with 2 h resolution was implemented in the ALOMAR Rayleigh/Mie/Raman lidar (69° N …