MIPAS observation of polar stratospheric clouds in the Arctic 2002/2003 and Antarctic 2003 winters

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 868-878

  Spang, R ^a   Remedios, J J ^b   Tilmes, S ^a   Riese, M ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Polar stratospheric clouds; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

INFRARED SPECTROGRAPHS; METEOROLOGY; MONITORING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; REMOTE SENSING; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING; LIMB EMISSION; MICROPHYSICAL MODELS; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD;

CLOUDS;

EID: 27744592703     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.03.092     Document Type: Conference Paper

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