Ultrathin Tropical Tropopause Clouds (UTTCs): I. cloud morphology and occurrence

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1083-1091

  Peter, Th ^a   Luo, B P ^a   Wirth, M ^b   Kiemle, C ^b   Flentje, H ^b   Yushkov, V A ^c   Khattatov, V ^c   Rudakov, V ^c   Thomas, A ^d   Borrmann, S ^d   Toci, G ^e   Mazzinghi, P ^f   Beuermann, J ^g   Schiller, C ^g   Cairo, F ^e   Di Donfrancesco, G ^h   Adriani, A ^e   Volk, C M ⁱ   Strom, J ^j   Noone, K ^j   Mitev, V ^k   MacKenzie, R A ^l   Carslaw, K S ^m   Trautmann, T ⁿ   Santacesaria, V ^e   Stefanutti, L ^e   more..

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^g FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^h ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

ⁱ GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^k Observatoire Cantonal   (Switzerland)

^l LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

more..

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EID: 0042621665     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-3-1083-2003     Document Type: Article

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