Latitude variations in light scattered from polar mesospheric clouds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 2605-2608

  Carbary, J F ^a   Morrison, D ^a   Romick, G J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; IMAGE SENSORS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; GEOPHYSICS;

ULTRAVIOLET IMAGERS;

LIGHT SCATTERING; EARTH SCIENCES;

CLOUD; LIGHT; NOCTILUCENT CLOUD; SCATTERING;

LIGHT SCATTERED; NORTH POLAR REGION; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUDS; RATE OF INCREASE; SCATTERED INTENSITY; SCATTERING ANGLES; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; SOUTH POLAR REGION;

EID: 0035391765     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013086     Document Type: Article

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