Aircraft observations of thin cirrus clouds near the tropical tropopause

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D9, 2001, Pages 9765-9786

  Pfister, Leonhard ^a   Selkirk, Henry B ^b   Jensen, Eric J ^a   Schoeberl, Mark R ^c   Toon, Owen B ^d   Browell, Edward V ^e   Grant, William B ^e   Gary, Bruce ^f,g   Mahoney, Michael J ^f   Bui, Thaopaul V ^a   Hintsa, Eric ^h,i  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Space Physics Research Institute ^*  (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g Harvard University ^*  (United States)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CIRRUS; LIDAR; TROPOPAUSE;

(TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034958296     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900648     Document Type: Article

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