Midlatitude cirrus clouds and multiple tropopauses from a 2002-2006 climatology over the SIRTA observatory

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Noël, Vincent ^a   Haeffelin, Martial ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; OPTICAL RADAR;

CIRRUS; LIDAR; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; OPTICAL DEPTH; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 34548640775     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007753     Document Type: Article

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