PMCs and the water frost point in the Arctic summer mesosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 4449-4452

  Stevens, Michael H ^a   Conway, Robert R ^a   Englert, Christoph R ^a   Summers, Michael E ^b   Grossmann, Klaus U ^c   Gusev, Oleg A ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b George Mason University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; CRYOGENICS; FROST EFFECTS; ICE; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; MAPS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SPECTROGRAPHS; SUPERSATURATION; TELESCOPES; VAPORS;

POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUD (PMC);

GEOPHYSICS;

CLOUD COVER; MESOSPHERE; SUMMER; WATER VAPOR;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0035685522     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013598     Document Type: Article

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