Observations of vertically thick polar stratospheric clouds and record low temperature in the Arctic vortex

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 3661-3664

  Kivi, Rigel ^a   Kyrö, Esko ^a   Dörnbrack, Andreas ^b   Birner, Thomas ^b  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CLOUDS; COLD EFFECTS; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RADIOSONDES; SURFACE WAVES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

ARCTIC VORTEX;

GEOPHYSICS; TEMPERATURE;

LOW TEMPERATURE; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD; POLAR VORTEX;

ARCTIC; SCANDINAVIA;

BACKGROUND CONDITIONS; COLDEST TEMPERATURES; HIGH VERTICAL RESOLUTION; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS; SOLID PHASE PARTICLES; STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035475152     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013187     Document Type: Article

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