SAGE III observations of Arctic polar stratospheric clouds - December 2002

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2003, Pages

  Poole, Lamont R ^a   Trepte, Charles R ^a   Harvey, V Lynn ^b   Toon, Geoffrey C ^c   VanValkenburg, Randal L ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIC ACID; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD (PSC); STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; AEROSOL EXTINCTION; BACKGROUND AEROSOL; EQUILIBRIUM TEMPERATURES; MIE CALCULATIONS; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; THRESHOLD TEMPERATURES;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE; AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLOUD; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 1542441182     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018496     Document Type: Article

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