In situ measurements of the vertical structure of a noctilucent cloud

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 493-496

  Gumbel, Jörg ^a   Witt, Georg ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOMETRY; ROCKETS; PROBES; SPACE FLIGHT;

ELECTROSTATIC IMPACT PROBES; NOCTILUCENT CLOUD LAYER;

METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE;

CLOUD STRUCTURE; NOCTILUCENT CLOUD;

DYNAMICAL STRUCTURE; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE DENSITIES; PARTICLE POPULATION; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PHOTOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; VERTICAL VARIATION;

EID: 0032004440     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00056     Document Type: Article

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