Articles | Volume 10, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-7845-2010
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-7845-2010
24 Aug 2010
 | 24 Aug 2010

Updraft and downdraft characterization with Doppler lidar: cloud-free versus cumuli-topped mixed layer

A. Ansmann, J. Fruntke, and R. Engelmann

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Subject: Dynamics | Research Activity: Remote Sensing | Altitude Range: Troposphere | Science Focus: Physics (physical properties and processes)
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