Nitric acid particles in cold thick ice clouds observed at global scale: Link with lightning, temperature, and upper tropospheric water vapor

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Chepfer, H ^a   Minnis, P ^b   Dubuisson, P ^c   Chiriaco, M ^a   Sun Mack, S ^d   Riviere E D ^e  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^d SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; LIGHTNING; METEOROLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DETECTION METHOD; HUMIDITY; LIGHTNING; NITRIC ACID; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 34548554571     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006602     Document Type: Article

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