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 …

Laser Remote Sensing provides an up-to-date, comprehensive review on LIDAR, focusing
mainly on applications to current topics in atmospheric science. The scope of the book …

We report on initial measurements of potassium density and temperature profiles of the
mesopause region by a containerized and hence transportable lidar instrument. The …

Scientific attention has recently been focused on the coupling of the earth's upper
atmosphere and ionosphere. In the present work, we review the advances in this field …

Using a uniquely constructed acoustooptic frequency shifter to provide three different
excitation frequencies, νa=− 652 MHz and νc= 188 MHz along with νs=− 172 MHz at the …

Ultranarrow bandpass Na vapor dispersive Faraday filters at 589 nm are studied
experimentally and theoretically. Their anticipated performance in the line-center operation …

Using a dispersive Faraday bandpass filter, we have upgraded our Na temperature lidar to
be capable of 24-h operation. Along with a transmitting telescope to reduce the laser beam …

Over the past 60 years, ground-based remote sensing measurements of the Earth's
mesospheric temperature have been performed using the nighttime hydroxyl (OH) emission …

Narrowband Na lidar measurement of mesopause region temperatures were pioneered by
Fricke and von Zahn in 1985, in 1990 by She et al. at Colorado State University (CSU), with …

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