Latitude-dependent long-term variations in polar mesospheric clouds from SBUV version 3 PMC data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; ERROR ANALYSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION; SOLAR RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALBEDO; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUD; RADIATIVE FORCING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 34547609935     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007857     Document Type: Article

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