Vertical variation of NLC particle sizes retrieved from Odin/OSIRIS limb scattering observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-5

  von Savigny, C ^a   Petelina, S V ^b   Karlsson, B ^c   Llewellyn, E J ^b   Degenstein, D A ^b   Lloyd, N D ^b   Burrows, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED IMAGING; OPTICAL DEVICES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SATELLITES; SPECTROGRAPHS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

DATA SETS; NOCTILUCENT CLOUD (NLC); OPTICAL SPECTROGRAPH AND INFRARED IMAGER SYSTEM (OSIRIS);

CLOUDS; PARTICLE SIZE;

MIE THEORY; NOCTILUCENT CLOUD; PARTICLE SIZE; SCATTERING; VERTICAL PROFILE;

LIMB SCATTERING; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OPTICAL SPECTROGRAPH AND INFRARED IMAGER SYSTEMS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STANDARD ASSUMPTIONS; VERTICAL VARIATION;

EID: 21844433247     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021982     Document Type: Article

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