Latitudinal variation of NLC particle radii derived from northern hemisphere SCIAMACHY/Envisat limb measurements

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 765-771

  von Savigny, Christian ^a   Burrows, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Noctilucent clouds; SCIAMACHY; Summer mesopause

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

HISTOGRAMS; NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS; SIZE MEASUREMENTS; SUMMER MESOPAUSE;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;

EID: 34548226980     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.12.032     Document Type: Article

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