Polar mesospheric cloud mass and the ice budget: 2. Application to satellite data sets

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Stevens, Michael H ^a   Englert, Christoph R ^a   DeLand, Matthew T ^b   Bailey, Scott M ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; ICE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

BACKSCATTER; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; ICE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUD; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34250661468     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007532     Document Type: Article

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