The size of noctilucent cloud particles above ALOMAR (69N,16E): Optical modeling and method description

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 772-784

  Baumgarten, Gerd ^a   Fiedler, Jens ^a   von Cossart, Götz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

ALOMAR; Lidar; NLC; Noctilucent clouds; Particle size; PMC; Polar mesospheric clouds; Spectral measurements

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BACKSCATTERING; GEOMETRY; OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

NOCTILUCENT CLOUD PARTICLES; POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUDS;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;

EID: 34547868438     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.01.018     Document Type: Article

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