A unified, long-term, high-latitude stratospheric aerosol and cloud database using SAM II, SAGE II, and POAM II/III data: Algorithm description, database definition, and climatology

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Fromm, Michael ^a   Alfred, Jerome ^a   Pitts, Michael ^b  

^a Computational Physics Incorporated ^*  (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; POAM; PSC; SAGE; SAM; Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; DATABASE; DETECTION METHOD; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 0942289060     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002772     Document Type: Article

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