A 1-D model of the formation and evolution of polar stratospheric clouds

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-35

  Panegrossi, G ^a   Fua D ^a,b   Fiocco, G ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Backscattering; Computer model; HNO3 and H2O depletion; Polar stratospheric clouds; South Pole; Water vapor profiles

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CLOUD; COMPUTER MODEL; GAS DIFFUSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR; WIND; WINTER;

CLOUD FORMATION; CLOUD SEASONAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER MODELLING; MODEL VALIDATION; NITRIC ACID; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD; WATER VAPOUR PROFILE;

EID: 0029667197     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00058702     Document Type: Article

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