A sub-tropical cirrus clouds climatology from Reunion Island (21°S, 55°E) lidar data set
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Long-term trend analysis and climatology of tropical cirrus clouds using 16 years of lidar data set over Southern India
Sixteen-year (1998–2013) climatology of cirrus clouds and their macrophysical (base height, top height and geometrical thickness) and optical properties (cloud optical thickness) observed using a ground-based lidar over Gadanki (13.5 N, 79.2 E), India, is presented. The climatology obtained from the ground-based lidar is compared with the climatology obtained from 7 and a half years (June 2006–...
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