Classification and scales of Antarctic polar stratospheric clouds using wavelet decomposition

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 293-300

  David, Christine ^a   Bekki, Slimane ^a   Berdunov, N ^a   Marchand, Marion ^a   Snels, M ^b   Megie G ^a  

^a INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Clouds; Ozone; Polar; Polar stratospheric clouds; Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; DATA REDUCTION; GRAVITY WAVES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEATHER SATELLITES;

DEPOLARIZATION; METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS (PSC); SMALL-SCALE STRUCTURES;

CLOUDS;

GRAVITY WAVE; LIDAR; OZONE; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD; RESOLUTION; STRATOSPHERE; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

EID: 11944250467     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2004.07.043     Document Type: Article

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