Observational constraints on the formation of Type Ia polar stratospheric clouds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 2109-2112

  Tabazadeh, A ^a   Toon, O B ^a   Gary, B L ^b   Bacmeister, J T ^c   Schoeberl, M R ^d,e  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e GSFC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION METHODS; ICE; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); STATISTICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

MESOSCALE TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS; MICROWAVE TEMPERATURE; NITRIC ACID TRIHYDRATE; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS; STRATOSPHERE;

METEOROLOGY;

CLOUD FORMATION; LEE WAVE; MESOSCALE TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; NITRIC ACID TRIHYDRATE; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD; STRATOSPHERE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0030206963     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01998     Document Type: Article

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