Doppler Lidar observations over a high altitude mountainous site Manora Peak in the central Himalayan region
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D. V. Phanikumar, K. K. Shukla, M. Naja, N. Singh, S. Sahai, R. Sagar, S. K. Satheesh, K. K. Moorthy, V. R. Kotamarthi and Rob K. Newsom Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital 263 002, India Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur 492 010, India Amity University, Noida 201 303, India Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560 012, India Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560 012, India Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
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