New evidence of size and composition of polar stratospheric cloud particles

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 615-618

  Goodman, J ^a   Verma, S ^b   Pueschel, R F ^c   Hamill, P ^a   Ferry, G V ^c   Webster, D ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TMA/Norcal   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; ICE; NASA; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CRYSTALS; NITRATES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EVAPORATION RATE; FROST POINT; ICE CRYSTALS; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS; SMALL CRYSTALS;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; CLOUDS;

AMES WIRE IMPACTOR; IMPACTION TECHNIQUES; NITRON; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS; X RAY DISPERSIVE ENERGY ANALYSIS;

ASHOE; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ICE CRYSTAL; MAESA; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD;

EID: 0031086942     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00256     Document Type: Article

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