Thayer, J.P., N.B. Nielsen, and J. Jacobsen, "Noctilucent Cloud Observations over Greenland by a Rayleigh Lidar," Geophys. Res. Lett. Vol. 22, No. 21, pp. 2961-2964, 1995.

Thayer, J.P., N.B. Nielsen, R.B. Kerr, J. Noto, "Rayleigh Lidar Observations During Arctic Summer Conditions," IGARRS Symposium, Lincoln Nebraska, May, 1996.

Gerrard, A.J., T.J. Kane, D.D. Meisel, J.P. Thayer, R.B. Kerr,  "Investigation of a resonant lidar for measurement of ionospheric metastable helium," Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics Vol. 59, No. 16, pp. 2023-2035, 1997.

Hecht, J.H., J.P. Thayer, D.J. Gutierrez, and D.L. McKenzie, "Multi-instrument zenith observations of noctilucent clouds over Greenland on July 30/31, 1995," J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 102, No. D2, pp. 1959-1970, 1997.

Thayer, J.P., N.B. Nielsen, R. Warren, C.J. Heinselman, and J. Sohn, "Rayleigh lidar system for middle atmosphere research in the arctic," Opt. Eng.Vol. 36, No. 7, pp. 2045-2061, 1997.

Gerrard, A.J., T.J. Kane , and J.P. Thayer, "Noctilucent clouds and wave dynamics: Observations at Sondrestrom, Greenland," Geophys. Res. Lett. Vol. 25 , No. 15 , p. 2817, 1998.

Heinselman, C.J., J.P. Thayer, and B.J. Watkins, "A high-latitude observation of sporadic sodium and sporadic E layer formation," Geophys. Res. Lett. Vol. 25 , No. 16 , p. 3059, 1998.

Gerrard, A.J., T.J. Kane, J.P. Thayer, "Year-round temperature and wave measurements of the Arctic middle atmosphere for 1995-1998," Geophysical Monograph 123, Atmospheric Science across the Stratopause, AGU, 2000.

Gerrard, A.J., T.J. Kane, J.P. Thayer, C.S. Ruf, and R.L. Collins, "Consideration of non-Poisson distributions for Lidar applications," Applied Optics Vol. 40, No. 9, pp. 1488-1492, 2001a.

Gerding M., G. Baumgarten, U. Blum, J.P. Thayer, K. H. Fricke, U. von Zahn, R. Neuber, J. Fiedler, “Observation of an unusual 38-km aerosol layer in the Arctic: possible sources and implications for polar vortex dynamics,” Annales Geophysicae, accepted, 2002.

Gerrard, A.J., T.J. Kane, J. P. Thayer, T.J. Duck, J. Whiteway, “Synoptic-scale study of the arctic polar vortex’s influence on the middle atmosphere,” J. Geophys. Res., 107 (D16), doi 10.1029/2001JD000681, pp ACL1,1-15, 2002.

Gerding M., G. Baumgarten, U. Blum, J.P. Thayer, K. H. Fricke, R. Neuber, J. Fiedler, “Observation of an unusual mid-stratospheric aerosol layer in the Arctic: possible sources and implications for polar vortex dynamics”, Annales Geophysicae, Vol 21, pp 1057-1069, 2003.

Thayer, J. P., M. Rapp, A. J. Gerrard, E. Gudmundsson, and T. J. Kane, "Gravity-wave influences on Arctic mesospheric clouds as determined by a Rayleigh lidar at Sondrestrom, Greenland," J. Geophys. Res., 108(D8), 8449, doi:10.1029/2002JD002363, 2003.

Thayer, J. P., G. E. Thomas, and F.-J. Lübken, "Foreword: Layered phenomena in the mesopause region," J. Geophys. Res., 108(D8), 8434, doi:10.1029/2002JD003295, 2003.

Gerrard, A.J., T.J. Kane, J.P. Thayer, and S.D. Eckermann, “Concerning the Upper Stratospheric Gravity Wave and Mesospheric Cloud Relationship Over Sondrestrom, Greenland,” J. Atmos. Solar-Terr.Phys., 2004, 66, pp. 229-240, 2004.

Gerrard, A.J., T.J. Kane, S.D. Eckermann, and J.P. Thayer, “Gravity waves and mesospheric clouds in the summer middle atmosphere: A comparison of lidar measurements and ray modeling of gravity waves over Sondrestrom, Greenland,” J. Geophys. Res., 109, D10103, doi:10.1029/2002JD002783, 2004.

Keckhut et al., J.P. Thayer, "Review of ozone and temperature lidar validations performed within the framework of the Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change," J. Environ. Monit., 6, 721-733, 2004.

Thayer, J.P. and W. Pan, "Lidar observations of sodium density depletions in the presence of polar mesospheric clouds," accepted J. Atmos. Solar-Terr.Phys., 2004.

Fromm, M., R. Bevilacqua, R. Servranckx, J. Rosen, J.P. Thayer, "Observations of the 4 August 1998 pyro-cumulonimbus blowup and stratospheric injection of smoke in Canada," accepted J. Geophys. Res., 2005.

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