Balloonborne backscatter observations of type 1 PSC formation: Inference about physical state from trajectory analysis

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1091-1094

  Larsen, Niels ^a   Knudsen, Bjørn M ^a   Rosen, James M ^b   Kjome, Norman T ^b   Kyrö, Esko ^c  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPOSITION; CONDENSATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; EVAPORATION; HYDRATES; NITRIC ACID; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TEMPERATURE;

BALLOON BORNE BACKSCATTER; ISENTROPIC AIRPARCEL TRAJECTORIES; NITRIC ACID TRIHYDRATE; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS;

CLOUDS; BACKSCATTERING;

BACKSCATTERING; BALLOON OBSERVATION; CLOUD FORMATION; CONDENSATION TEMPERATURE; NAT; NITRIC ACID; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD;

ARCTIC;

BACKSCATTER RATIO; COMPACT RELATIONSHIPS; CONDENSATION TEMPERATURE; MEASURED TEMPERATURES; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS; SUPERCOOLED TERNARY SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE HISTORY; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030135606     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01041     Document Type: Article

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