On the formation and persistence of subvisible cirrus clouds near the tropical tropopause

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 21361-21375

  Jensen, Eric J ^a,b   Toon, Owen B ^b   Selkirk, Henry B ^b,c   Spinhirne, James D ^d   Schoeberl, Mark R ^d  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Space Physics Research Institute ^*  (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC LIFETIME; CIRRUS; CLOUD FORMATION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; TROPICS; TROPOPAUSE;

PACIFIC, (WEST);

EID: 0011689353     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jd03575     Document Type: Article

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