UV limb-scatter spectra of noctilucent clouds consistent with mono-modal particle size distribution

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  von Savigny, C ^a   Burrows, J P ^a   Rapp, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; BACKSCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS; SCANNING IMAGING ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER FOR ATMOSPHERIC CARTOGRAPHY; SPECTRAL SIGNATURES;

CLOUDS;

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUD; POWER LAW; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34250701186     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028846     Document Type: Article

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