A quarter-century of satellite polar mesospheric cloud observations

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-29

  DeLand, Matthew T ^a   Shettle, Eric P ^b   Thomas, Gary E ^c   Olivero, John J ^d  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Noctilucent cloud; Polar mesospheric cloud; Remote sensing; Scattering

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING; SOLAR RADIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

NOCTILUCENT CLOUD; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUD; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SOLAR CYCLES;

CLOUDS;

NOCTILUCENT CLOUD; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 30344472126     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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