Constraints on PSC particle microphysics derived from lidar observations

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 70, Issue 4-6, 2001, Pages 817-831

  Liu, Li ^a   Mishchenko, Michael I ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Depolarization; Nonspherical particles; Polar stratospheric clouds; Remote sensing; Scattering

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COLOR; CRYSTALS; DISPERSIONS; ICE; LIGHT SCATTERING;

MICROPHYSICS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

LIDAR; LIGHT SCATTERING; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 0035967842     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(01)00048-6     Document Type: Article

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