First confirmation that water ice is the primary component of polar mesospheric clouds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 971-974

  Hervig, M ^a   Thompson, R E ^a   McHugh, M ^a   Gordley, L L ^a   Russell III, J M ^a   Summers, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CLOUDS; ICE;

POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUDS (PMCS);

GEOPHYSICS;

CLOUD; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ICE; POLAR REGION; WATER;

EID: 0035866927     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000gl012104     Document Type: Article

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